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The Rutherston Collection at South Kensington-I. Jades

11/1929 | 320 | 55

Pages: 238-241+244-246

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Author:

Thorpe, W. A. (Thorpe, W. A.; T., W. A.; Thorpe, William Arnold)

Subjects

collectors and dealers:

Rutherston, Charles Lambert

dates:

1920-1929

museums and institutions:

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain

places:

China / England

subjects:

Collections, Private / Chinese Art / Chinese / Exhibitions

subjects:

Jades / Bi (Chinese ceremonial objects) / Cong (Ts' ung, Chinese ceremonial objects)

subjects:

Taoism / Iconography / Yang-Yin / Bagua (Taoist diagrams)

subjects:

Han / Zhou (Chou)

Illustrations

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate I. A-Girdle Pendent in the Form of a Dragon (lung wên p'ei); Carved Grey-Green Jade. 19 by 8.3 cm. about First Century, B. C. The Rutherston Collection at South Kensington-I. Jades

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate I. B-Ts'ung or image of the earth; green jade, partly oxidised, in the form of a square prism enclosing a hollow cylinder. Height, 8.9 cm. First half of Chou dynasty. The Rutherston Collection at South Kensington-I. Jades

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate I. C-Pi or image of Heaven; greenish-grey jade with red, brown and green markings. Late Chou dynasty. Diameter, 17.1 cm. The Rutherston Collection at South Kensington-I. Jades

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate II. A-Ritual derivatives from the ko, the upper one light-brown jade, 18.7 by 6.5 cm.; the lower one light-brown jade, gone white with decay, 25.4 by 7 cm.; Chou dynasty; B-Set of jades used in laying out a corpse for burial; late Chou dynasty; C-Ceremonial derivative from a knife-blade; dark-brown jade; 28.6 by 9.8 cm.; Chou dynasty. The Rutherston Collection at South Kensington-I. Jades

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