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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
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11631
label
Chime from an Imperial Set
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obj
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Source metadata
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11631
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Chime from an Imperial Set
description
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
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1764 (Qing dynasty)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
chimes
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8
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8
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29.1
height
48.3
depth
2.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 7/16 × W: 19 × D: 1 1/8 in. (29.1 × 48.3 × 2.9 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
dynasty
Qing dynasty
reign
Qianlong (1736-1795)
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Jade (nephrite), lacquer, gilding
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6238
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none
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