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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.390
Title
Jade Stylus-Like Object
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
stylus
Date
c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 11th cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202760

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale green nephrite with white streaks
Dimensions
16.8 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (6 5/8 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
unspecified: 49 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. 176 by Max Loehr:

176 Stylus-like Object
Pale green nephrite with white streaks. The object resembles a sturdy pin or stylus that tapers to a sharp point. The upper part is trapezoidal in cross-section; the lower part is rounded. A head is formed by an inward-curving depression girt by a horizontal rib and surmounted by a slightly projecting top. The back is flattish except for an irregular vertical groove. Probably Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.390
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. 176, p. 138

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