1942.185.169.A-B: Small Jade Circular Covered Box, the Cover with Knob in the form of a Recumbent Beast with a Ring Suspended from Its Tail
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.169.A-B
- Title
- Small Jade Circular Covered Box, the Cover with Knob in the form of a Recumbent Beast with a Ring Suspended from Its Tail
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- 18th-early 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/205418
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Off-white nephrite
- Dimensions
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overall, with lid on: H. 4.5 × Diam. 5.7 cm (1 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
vessel only, without lid: H. 2.7 × Diam. 5.7 cm (1 1/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
lid only: H. 2.4 × Diam. 2.5 cm (15/16 × 1 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.185.169.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/2016 - 06/09/2017
Verification Level
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