Cylinder
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
olive-green jade
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Nephrite jade |
| Physical description | olive-green jade |
| Style | |
| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee |
| Production | Wu T'ung (Boston) 15/6/89: Neolithic, East Coast. Thomas Lawton 11/7/90: Duan Fang called this form deng (stirrup) but at Anyang the shape is described rather than given a name. If tomb no.5 at Anyang, where similar pieces have more perforations on dics. Late Shang, 1200-> Hayashi Minao described this shape as a continuation into Shang of a late Longshan style- he describes them as supports for wine cups (article in Museum) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.55-1935 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2005 |
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