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Slit Ring (Jue) (acc. 2008.283)

Author
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Year
2008
Identifier
2008.283
Type
museum-record
Accessed
2026-10-26
Rights
cc0

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As recorded

Title: Slit Ring (Jue)
Object name: Ring
Culture: China
Period: Eastern Zhou–Western Han dynasty (770 BCE–9 CE)
Date: 4th–3rd century BCE
Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions: Diam. 1 3/4 in. (3.5 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, Sir Joseph Hotung Gift, 2008

Quoted verbatim. Not translated, and not paraphrased into site copy.

What this source supports

  • Slit Ring (Jue)Object · under review

    1. Stated by this source

      The Met records the medium as Jade (nephrite).

    2. Stated by this source

      The Met catalogues this as a ring.

    3. Stated by this source

      The Met dates this object to 4th–3rd century BCE.

    4. Stated by this source

      It is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2008.283).

  • Jue (slit ring)Type

    1. Stated by this source

      Catalogued under the Wade-Giles form "Chüeh" or the pinyin "jue", with the radial slit visible in the object record. The slit distinguishes it from a continuous ring (huan) and a disc (bi).