Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery
Explore key developments in the history and culture of China, from the arts and crafts of the Song Dynasty up to the present day.
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Jade figure of an elephant
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 17th - 18th century (1601 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- jade; white jade tusks
- Dimensions
- 14.6 x 24.2 x 8.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Mrs Fraser, in memory of her mother Mrs Margaret F. Jenkins, 1967.
- Accession no.
- EA1967.145
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Further reading
Hong Kong: University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, 6 December 1995-6 February 1996, Ling lung yü tiao : yü jen, yü shou, yü shih [= Exquisite Jade Carving: Figures, Animals, Ornaments], Sydney Fung and Yeung Chun-tong, eds (Hong Kong: The University Museum and Art Gallery, 1996), pls.104-5
Lange Rosenzweig, Daphne, The Yangtze River Collection: Later Chinese Jades, trans. Daphne Lang Rosenzweig, Wang Tao, and Su Liang Ku (Sarasota, Fl: Wall-Apelt, 1993), pls.45-47
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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