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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Bracelet
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Bracelet

Date1672-1722
Label TextThese rope bracelets represent a tour de force of jade carving. Each is crafted from a single piece of jade, and each strand is continuous and free from the neighboring strand. Both bracelets have an inscription that reads, “Ningshou gong” (Palace of Tranquil Longevity), a palace in the Forbidden City of Beijing where the dowager empress lived during the Kangxi emperor’s reign. Jade carvings continued to be commissioned by Kangxi’s grandson, the Qianlong emperor. The palace’s east and west corridors are now museum galleries for the paraphernalia of emperors and empresses.
Object number37.23.1
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Asia House, "Chinese Jades From Han To Ch'ing", October 1980 - July 1981. Circuit: Detroit Institute of Art, Seattle Art Museum, Honolulu Academy of Art (10/1980 - 7/1981) London, England, The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Society, Victoria and Albert Museum, "Chinese Jades Throughout The Ages", 1975 (1975) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsOverall: 3/8in. (1cm)
MediumGrayish white nephrite
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chinese
1672-1722
Object number: 37.23.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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mid 17th-early 20th century
Object number: 33.953
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Photo: iocolor, LLP
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mid 19th century
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