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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.156
Title
Fragment of a Jade Collared Disk
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
disk
Date
14th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205269

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Fairly translucent, ivory-colored nephrite with traces of cinnabar and earth adhering to the surface
Dimensions
7.6 x 7 x 1.1 cm (3 x 2 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
unspecified: 33 g

Published Text

Catalogue
Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Authors
Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber
Publisher
Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975)

Catalogue entry no. 104 by Max Loehr:

104 Fragment of a Collared Disk
Fairly translucent, ivory-colored jade with traces of cinnabar and earth adhering to the surface. The ring is nearly intact; it is framed by a haphazardly cut, quadrangular remnant of the disk. Late Shang or Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.156
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 104, p. 101

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