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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.360
Title
Flat, Curled Jade Dragon (one of a pair)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
770 BCE -476 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203674

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent greenish white nephrite; turquoise inlay
Dimensions
0.3 x 3.8 cm (1/8 x 1 1/2 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. 364 by Max Loehr:

364 Pair of Flat, Curled Dragons
Two spiral disks of translucent greenish white jade. The widest parts are shaped as dragon heads with upcurled noses, two short projections above the heads, and the lower jaws extending into spirals (in the case of a this spiral is broken off.) The details defining the heads and bodies are engraved on one side only. The eyes are marked by incomplete drill-holes, that of b being set with a small, flat turquoise. Early Easter Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.360
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. 364a, p. 245

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