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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.413
Title
Small Jade Fish Pendant
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
c. 11th cent. BCE - c. 221 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, c. 1050-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202383

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque, greenish brown and gray stone; cinnabar remaining in the grooves
Dimensions
4.1 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm (1 5/8 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 2 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. 294 by Max Loehr:

294 Small Fish Pendant
Opaque, greenish brown and gray stone; cinnabar remaining in the grooves. Slightly curved, plain, and perhaps unfinished figure, which is widest at the flaring tail fin. The perforated tip of the mouth is ground very thin, while the fish is nearly full-round. Possibly Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.413
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. 294, p. 207

Verification Level

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