Left column: 1943.50.418 (top) and 1943.50.402 (bottom); right column (top to bottom): 1943.50.404, 1943.50.405, 1943.50.401 Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Left column: 1943.50.418 (top) and 1943.50.402 (bottom); right column (top to bottom): 1943.50.404, 1943.50.405, 1943.50.401 Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.405
Title
Jade Silhouette of Fish with Forepaw
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
c. 11th 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/203230

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Originally dark green, but now largely calcified and discolored nephrite
Dimensions
7.3 x 2 x 0.4 cm (2 7/8 x 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 10 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. 290 by Max Loehr:

290 Silhouette of Fish with Forepaw
Slightly curved, flat piece of jade, originally dark green, but now largely calcified and discolored. Short, beak-like mouth with small drill-hole; double curves to indicate the gills; a forepaw in front of the pectoral fin. The grooves are filled with cinnabar earth. Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.405
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. 290, p. 205

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