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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.389.B
Title
Jade Cylindrical Tube (one of a pair)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
tube
Date
3rd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202759

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Greenish white nephrite with sparse, light brown and gray markings
Dimensions
L. 8.7 x Diam. 1.1 cm (3 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
unspecified: 19 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. 514b by Max Loehr:

514 Pair of Cylindrical Tubes
Greenish white jade with sparse, light brown and gray markings. The two pieces match perfectly in dimensions and workmanship. Their drill-holes appear to be straight and are well centered. Both are decorated with a pattern of incised, interlocked C -spirals; there are plain margins at either end. Late Eastern Chou or early Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.389.B
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. 514b, p. 346

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