Ritual ImplementsChinese3rd century BCE-1st century CE

Plain Jade Disk

206 BCE - 9 CE (?)

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Light greenish gray nephrite, with brown and yellow markings and extensive altered areas

Culture

Chinese

Period

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

Century

3rd century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

0.5 x 9.4 cm (3/16 x 3 11/16 in.) unspecified: 55 g

Related Artworks

Ritual Implements

Jade Scabbard Buckle

Unknown Artist, 25 CE - 220 CE (?)

Light greenish gray nephrite with brown markings, polished to a hard gloss

1st-3rd century CEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Finial on a Bronze Handle

Unknown Artist, 206 BCE - 220 CE (?)

Translucent pale green and calcified buff nephrite finial with glossy surface; bronze handle partially overlaid with gold foil

3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChinese

Ritual Implements

Miniature Jade Dagger-Axe (one of two)

Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE

Brownish and yellow translucent nephrite

Chinese

Ritual Implements

Symbolic Pendants and Prayer Beads of the Bektashi Sufi Order/Twelve-pointed pierced stone plaque and small bead

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Stone, silver, cotton

19th centuryOttoman

Ritual Implements

Axe-Shaped Jade Tablet

Unknown Artist, c. 3300 - c. 2000 BCE

Creamy buff stone with brown markings

4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Animal Mask

Unknown Artist, 14th-8th century BCE

Highly translucent, bluish gray nephrite with light brown veins

14th-8th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Feline in Decorative Jade Triangle (one of a pair)

Unknown Artist, 3rd century BCE

Strongly translucent, pale green and smoke-colored nephrite

3rd century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Biconvex Jade Knife

Unknown Artist, Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Gray-green nephrite with light and dark brown cloud-like markings

3rd millennium BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Asymmetrical Jade Knife

Unknown Artist, 770 BCE - 221 BCE (?)

Green and black nephrite

Chinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Ornamental Plaque (one of a pair)

Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE

Pale greenish nephrite with calcified, cream-colored spots

5th-3rd century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Small, Heavy Jade Ring-Disk

Unknown Artist, c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 14th cent. BCE

Whitish green nephrite with markings and a short, dark vein; traces of cinnabar

16th-14th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Fish Sihouette (one of a pair)

Unknown Artist, possibly 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE

Light bluish gray translucent nephrite

11th-8th century BCEChinese