Jade Plaque with Openwork Bird Figure

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.384
Title: Jade Plaque with Openwork Bird Figure
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/203224

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Light brown translucent nephrite
Dimensions: 5.2 x 3.1 x 0.3 cm (2 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
unspecified: 6 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. 510 by Max Loehr:

510 Plaque with Openwork Bird Figure
Light brown translucent jade plaque in the shape of a pointed shield, surmounted by a long-tailed bird with turned head. An involute curl issues from the side of the shield opposite the bird’s tail. Identically engraved on both sides are curvilinear motifs and unobtrusively striated areas. Above the bird’s neck is a small perforated appendage. 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

1943.50.384

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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 510, p. 344

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