Ring in Form of Dragon | Yale University Art Gallery

17th century

Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions: 6 1/2 × 3/4 in. (16.5 × 1.9 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of J. Watson Webb, B.A. 1907, and Electra Havemeyer Webb
Accession Number: 1940.161
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Classification: Jewelry
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Provenance

James Watson Webb II (1884–1960) and Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–1960), New York; gift in 1940 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Denise Patry Leidy, "Chinese Jades: Selections from the Yale University Art Gallery," Arts of Asia (May–June 2020), 27, fig. 12

George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1970), 130, no. 251, ill

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