12 UMMA Objects
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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ceremonial Blade
960 – 1279
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.98

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Dragon Prancing in an Autumn Stream, after Ch'en So-weng
18th century
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.108

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Yue (ceremonial axe)
8973 BCE
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.103

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Fragment of Bird or Dragon Plaque
9519 BCE
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.100

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bi Disk
618 – 907
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.101
jade cylinder with square shaped exterior and round interior, shallow relief carver on each side, possible representing zoomorphic designs that have been worn off. Dark jade material with many striations and mottles. Come in custom-designed silk box enclosed in a fine hardwood box. The inscription on wooden box indicates that the object was once part of the Duan Fang collection in late 19th century. Duan Fang was a Manchu stateman and reknowned antiquarian. His inscription date the object to the Zhou period. Recent archaeological work suggests that the object was probably made in the late 3rd millennium B.C.E. and remained in circulation by Shang period of the late 2nd millennium B.C.E.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jade cong cylinder with low relief design
8700 BCE
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.102

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Clear Stream with Prunus, after Huang Chu-ts'ai
16th century
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.109

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Mirror
1368 – 1644
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.104

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Cong (Ts'ung)?
8400 BCE
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.99

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Portrait of Su Tung-po
1368 – 1644
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.107

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Poet in a Thatched Pavilion with a Distant View, after Su Hsien-tsu
1368 – 1644
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.105

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Winter Landscape, after Yang Sheng
19th century
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.106
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