Title: Vitrine Containing Twenty-Five Ornaments
Object type: Ornaments in vitrine
Date: 18th–19th century
Culture: China
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Medium: a-y: Jade and other materials: z: wood vitrine with strips of ivory fret
Dimensions: a. Bird pendant: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
b. Standing man: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
c. Standing man: H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
d. Flower and leaf: H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); L. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
e. Floral buncH. H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
f. Vase with coral spray: H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), (vase)
g. Tree and bird: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
h. 2 small animals: H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); L. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
i. Leaf with lotus of amethyst quartz: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
j. Vase with coral spray:H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) overall
k. ?: H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)
l. Plaque and grapes: H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
m. Gourd and leaves: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
n. Bowl with leaves:H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); L. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
o. Horse? and rider: H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
p. Standing man: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
q. Pendant: L. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
r. Landscape plaque: H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
s. 2 animals: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
t. Monkey on gourd: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
u. Dog: H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); L. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
v. Cat and kitten: H. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
w. 2 figures: H. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
x. Seated figure:H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
y. Bird: H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); L. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
z. Cabinet: H. 43 3/4 in. (111.1 cm); W. 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Classification: Jade
Credit line: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY