Flanged bracelet
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Period
ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE -
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China -
Material
Jade (nephrite) -
Dimension
Diam x D: 9.9 x 0.3 cm (3 7/8 x 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
S1987.658 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S1987.658
Object Details
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Description
Disk, with projecting inner rim; opaque cream/tan; open center. (Almost totally calcified; some worn spots with chipping on central flange.)(Jenny F. So, Jade Project Database, entered March 25, 2009) Opaque gray and creamy white, altered; cinnabar accretion. Shaping precise and refined. Slight convex inner wall of hole suggests biconical hole smoothed out. Series of shallow concentric rings in no discernible arrangement on flat surface of disk. Wu Tanghai 吳棠海 interprets these rings as results of uneven coarseness of abrasive, added to grinding process in installments. The original larger grained abrasives produced deeper, more obvious circular grooves, and as the grain size wears away in the process, produce increasingly shallower grooves. A new batch of abrasives will begin the process anew. Thinly rounded and shaped collar. -
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection -
Exhibition History
Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades (October 1, 1989 - September 10, 1990)In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989) -
Origin
Anyang, probably Henan province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler -
Type
Jewelry and Ornament -
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