Jade

Working Jade

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:29:03 -0500

Title	Working Jade
Author	Amanda Thompson Rundahl

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:29:03 -0500

Title
Author	Amanda Thompson Rundahl

Animal Face Appliqué

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:15:49 -0400

Title	Animal Face Appliqué
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	1766-1122 B.C.
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

Mask of a monster like animal (t'ao-tieh); carved interrupted outline; incised double line on both sides, detailed features of the mask on the front side, one at the edge of each 'jaw' of the animal mask. Calcified green jade; traces of earth like substance on the back.

Animal Face Appliqué

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:15:49 -0400

Title	Animal Face Appliqué
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	1766-1122 B.C.
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:21:39 -0400

Title	Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	12th century B.C.
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G214

Kuei without handles. The vessel is divided into four vertical panels by heavy flanges with alternate straight and T-shaped scores. In two places in the neck band the flanges give way to free animals' heads. The features of the bodied t'ao-t'ieh in the main belt are similar to those seen on vessels 50.46.48 and 50.46.86 (Karlgren numbers 7, 11, 30), except that the mouth line is S-shaped and shows the teeth. The dragons in the foot belt have the mouth of the ordinary gaping dragon, but the head turns downward, thus differing slightly from the usual trunked dragon.

Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:21:39 -0400

Title	Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	12th century B.C.
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G214

Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:21:39 -0400

Title	Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	12th century B.C.
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G214

Pendant in the Form of a Fish

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:09:57 -0400

Title	Pendant in the Form of a Fish
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	770-221 B.C.
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

pendant in form of fish-like arc with tail curved into a lei-wan design; in lower lip of fish is biconical perforation; white jade, traces of earthlike substance

Pendant in the Form of a Reclining Cow

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:12:17 -0400

Title	Pendant in the Form of a Reclining Cow
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	206 B.C.-A.D. 220
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

in the round; green-blue translucent jade; a pendant hole drilled at the lower lip of the cow (ox); no surface decor.

Pi Disk

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:04:53 -0400

Title	Pi Disk
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	206 B.C.-A.D. 220
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

grey-green mottled jade. Openwork curvilinear designs suggest pairs of phoenixes and dragons.

Ts'ung

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:10:09 -0400

Title	Ts'ung
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	206 B.C.-A.D. 220
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

brownish tan jade with red veins

Pi Disk

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:04:53 -0400

Title	Pi Disk
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	206 B.C.-A.D. 220
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

grey-green mottled jade. Openwork curvilinear designs suggest pairs of phoenixes and dragons.

Ts'ung

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:10:09 -0400

Title	Ts'ung
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	206 B.C.-A.D. 220
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

brownish tan jade with red veins

Pi Disk

Artist Unknown (China) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:04:53 -0400

Title	Pi Disk
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	206 B.C.-A.D. 220
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

grey-green mottled jade. Openwork curvilinear designs suggest pairs of phoenixes and dragons.

Plate

Artist Unknown (China) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:31:39 -0500

Title	Plate
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	18th-19th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G210

Spinach green jade, carved in chrysanthemum form, small flutings, spread in tiers from the center of the plate, representing the petals of the flower. Carved on both sides, the petals curled over the rim. The jade is extremely thin and translucent.

Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavillion

Unknown — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:01:16 -0500

Title	Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavillion
Artist	Unknown
Date	1784
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G210

Carved from pale gray-green stone with cloudy white mottling and black and brown rivering throughout, the mountain landscape with high rising peaks and numerous figures and pavillions amid foliage on both sides, with the seal of the Emperor Qianlong above a long inscription on one side, the reverse with a further inscription and a seal, one seal referring to the eightieth year of the Emperor Qianlong,corresponding to the year 1784.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:29:04 -0500

Title
Author	Amanda Thompson Rundahl

Jade from the Americas and the Pacific Islands

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:29:05 -0500

Title	Jade from the Americas and the Pacific Islands
Author	Amanda Thompson Rundahl

Celt, group of three

Artist Unknown (Taino) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:27:14 -0500

Title	Celt, group of three
Artist	Artist Unknown (Taino)
Date	c. 800-1200
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Teardrop shaped; green stone with brown blotches

Olmec Mask

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:29:05 -0500

Title	Olmec Mask
Author	Amanda Thompson Rundahl

Maskette

Artist Unknown (Maya) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:19:54 -0500

Title	Maskette
Artist	Artist Unknown (Maya)
Date	550-900
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G260

oval face with large nose and long ears, dimple on chin; one hole at bottom of each ear; one hole at top and bottom of each side; dark green in color with brown on PL side of nose at bottom and PR upper forehead

Mere Pounamu

Artist Unknown (Maori) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:41:23 -0500

Title	Mere Pounamu
Artist	Artist Unknown (Maori)
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G256

paddle-shaped club; tapering to handle with hole and 3 horizontal ribs at end; green stone with black swirls

Jade

Working Jade

Working Jade

Animal Face Appliqué

Animal Face Appliqué

1766-1122 B.C.

Animal Face Appliqué

Animal Face Appliqué

1766-1122 B.C.

Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)

Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)

12th century B.C.

Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)

Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)

12th century B.C.

Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)

Kuei (Ritual Food Vessel)

12th century B.C.

Pendant in the Form of a Fish

Pendant in the Form of a Fish

770-221 B.C.

Pendant in the Form of a Reclining Cow

Pendant in the Form of a Reclining Cow

206 B.C.-A.D. 220

Pi Disk

Pi Disk

206 B.C.-A.D. 220

Ts'ung

Ts'ung

206 B.C.-A.D. 220

Pi Disk

Pi Disk

206 B.C.-A.D. 220

Ts'ung

Ts'ung

206 B.C.-A.D. 220

Pi Disk

Pi Disk

206 B.C.-A.D. 220

Plate

Plate

18th-19th century

Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavillion

Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavillion

1784

Jade from the Americas and the Pacific Islands

Jade from the Americas and the Pacific Islands

Celt, group of three

Celt, group of three

c. 800-1200

Olmec Mask

Olmec Mask

Maskette

Maskette

550-900

Mere Pounamu

Mere Pounamu