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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1941.250.A-B
Title
Scholar's Jade Hair Ornament
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
jewelry
Date
12th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Song dynasty, 960-1279
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205303

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale greenish white nephrite
Dimensions
cap: H. 4.1 x W. 5.8 x D. 4 cm (1 5/8 x 2 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
pin: L. 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1941
Object Number
1941.250.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 319-9, cat. 46

Verification Level

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