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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.372
Title
Jade Belt Hook
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/203714

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Evenly light brown and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
Dimensions
L.13 x W. 1.6 cm (5 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
unspecified: 84 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. 466 by Max Loehr:

466 Belt Hook
Evenly light brown and cream-colored, partly calcified jade with a glossy polish. The strong, slender body is decorated with plastic curls on the upper face, and with engraved S -curves and cross-hatched ovals in rectangular frames separated by vertical grooves on the lateral faces. The hook is shaped as an animal’s head composed of rather angular forms executed in sharply beveled cuts. Two slender horns appear as marginal ridges at the top. Round stud with rounded-off rectangular button at the back. 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
1943.50.372
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. 466, p. 317

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