1942.185.280: Archaic Jade 'Bi' Disk Mounted as a Table Screen
Furniture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.280
- Title
- Archaic Jade 'Bi' Disk Mounted as a Table Screen
- Classification
- Furniture
- Work Type
- screen
- Date
- Qianlong period, 1747
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/205460
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Han-dynasty nephrite disk; Qing-dynasty carved wood stand with bronze-inlaid imperial inscription on the reverse
- Dimensions
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stand: H. 48.3 × W. 32.1 × D. 17.8 cm (19 × 12 5/8 × 7 in.)
disk: Diam. 23.2 cm (9 1/8 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
- 1942.185.280
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 278-81, cat. 38B, fig. 2
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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