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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.416
Title
Jade Fish, Recarved from a Handle
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
late Western Zhou (?), c. 9th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202775

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Creamy brown nephrite; traces of cinnabar
Dimensions
8.6 x 3 x 0.3 cm (3 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
unspecified: 16 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. 292 by Max Loehr:

292 Fish, Recarved from a Handle
Flat plaque of creamy brown jade; traces of cinnabar. The fish has the hooked beak-mouth seen in the preceding specimen, a crescent-shaped gill, and a small paw. The tail fin flares strongly. Two thin, incised parallel lines between the fins and tail would seem to indicate that the silhouette was shaped from a flat handle, as was No. 293. There is a tiny perforation at the mouth. Late Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.416
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. 292, p. 206

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