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Disc with Dragon and Rice Grain Design
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Disc with Dragon and Rice Grain Design

Maker China
DateHan Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
Made/manufacturedChina, Asia
MediumJade
DimensionsThickness x Diameter: 1/4 x 7 9/16 in. (0.6 x 19.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.273
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DescriptionCarved from a light green jade with black inclusions, both sides of the disc are divided into two finely executed concentric decor zones. The inner band contains a grid of low relief curls within elevated hexagonal units, bordered by three "Bucraniums" that embellish the outer band. They stylized dragon forms are fluidly shaped from thick and thin incisions in a curvilinear pattern and separated by incised double brackets. Consistent with the practice of the time, cinnabar was applied to enhance the surface decoration.
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Mexico, southwestern Nayarit, Lagunillas
100 BCE-200 CE
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100-300
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Ethiopian Artist
mid-late 18th century
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Costa Rica, Nicoya zone, Guanacaste
1200-1550
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China
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th - 19th Century
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
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China
Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BCE)
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China
Neolithic Period or later
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Thai
14th-mid 16th century
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China
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
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Elodia Cheucarama
c. 1990-2000
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Reginald Marsh
c. 1940