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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.141
Title
Decorated Jade Plaque (one of a pair)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
475 BCE - 221 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199017

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Calcified, cream-colored nephrite, originally translucent pale green
Dimensions
5 x 2.4 x 0.4 cm (1 15/16 x 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 8 g

Published Text

Catalogue
Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Authors
Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber
Publisher
Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975)

Catalogue entry no. 513b by Max Loehr:

513 Pair of Decorated Plaques
Translucent pale green jade with cream-colored spots (a), while the front surface of the other piece (b) is entirely calcified and cream-colored. The rectangular slabs are slightly convex on the decorated side and plain at the back. On each, two curly projections near the top are surmounted by a relatively broad part with a rounded contour. A short and narrow shank with a beveled back sites on top. The décor consists of an animal mask at the base, executed in low relief, and of incised, interlocked spirals above the mask. On the back a deep groove cuts lengthwise through the shank and adjoining part, while a deep and narrow arc runs from shoulder to shoulder. The upper side is highly polished. Late Eastern Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.141
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 513b, p. 345

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