id:			95092
accession number:	1915.627
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.627
updated:		2024-08-22 11:08:36.954000

Perforated Disc (pi), 3000–2000 BCE. China, Neolithic period (3000s–2000s BCE). Jade; diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); inner diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.627

title:				Perforated Disc (pi)
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creation date:			3000–2000 BCE
creation date earliest:		-3000
creation date latest:		-2000
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	China, Neolithic period (3000s–2000s BCE)
technique:	jade
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Neolithic
type:		Jade
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measurements: Diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Inner diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Aspects of Art and Science
	opening date:   1978-10-10T04:00:00
	<i>Aspects of Art and Science</i>. Margaret Hutchinson Compton Gallery, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (October 10-December 22, 1978).

	title:		Science within Art
	opening date:   1980-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Science within Art</i>. Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH (June 1-July 1, 1980).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '"Aspects of Art and Science," Compton Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 10 October - 22 December 1978', 'opening_date': '1978-10-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art.  The Mansfield Art Center, Feb. 27-April 10, 1983', 'opening_date': '1983-02-27T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. John C. Ferguson 福開森 [1866–1945], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art through H. W. [Henry Watson] Kent [1866–1948] )
	date: ?–1915
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1915–
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