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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.374
Title
Jade Scabbard Buckle
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
25 CE - 220 CE (?)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203362

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light greenish gray nephrite with brown markings, polished to a hard gloss
Dimensions
L. 12.5 x W. 3.8 cm (4 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
unspecified: 162 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. 573 by Max Loehr:

573 Scabbard Buckle
Heavy piece of light greenish gray jade with brown markings along the back of the animal figures; most of the surfaces are polished to a hard gloss. The slightly convex bard is decorated with a group of four dragons in the round, two of which jut over the right edge. While derived from the type of dragons seen on No. 572, the dragons of the present example differ in details of design and in their configuration. The variety of jade, too, suggests a later period. Eastern Han (?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.374
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. 573, p. 396
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 320, 323, cat. 47B

Verification Level

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