Jade Bi Disk with Animal Motifs
Unknown Chinese, Chinese
14th century
Dark brown and light brown jade
Overall: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Lewis and Eva D. Balamuth
MIS.968.102.55
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Asia
On view
Inscriptions
Decorated on one side with incised T'ao T'ieh mask
Course History
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
Exhibition History
Asian Art From the College Collection, Barrows Print Room and Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 5-31, 1974.
Attitude of Coexistence: Non-humans in East Asian Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 16, 2024-June 29, 2025.
Objects and Power: Manifestations of Inequality, a student curated exhibition, Professor Alan Covey, ANTH 57, Winter 2013, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10-August 25, 2013.
Provenance
Dr. Lewis (1905-1981) and Eva D. (1914-2004) Balamuth, New York, New York; given to present collection, 1968.
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