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Chime from an Imperial Set
(China )
Making a chime out of jade enhanced the ritual potential of court music. In Chinese culture, jade has been a desired material for millennia and is believed to embody spiritual transcendence. This gilded jade chime once belonged to a set of 16 such chimes. It was made for the Qing dynasty court as part of a musical ensemble to be played with bronze bells. Inscribed along one edge of the chime are two characters stating the chime’s pitch. The inscription along the shorter side provides a date equivalent to 1764.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/31/1963 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 7/16 × W: 19 × D: 1 1/8 in. (29.1 × 48.3 × 2.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.274