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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.610
Title
Jade 'Huang' Segment with Zoomorphic Heads
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
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/204240

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent, pale brownish yellow nephrite
Dimensions
8 x 2.2 x 0.4 cm (3 1/8 x 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 15 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. 482 by Max Loehr:

482 Huang, Segment with Zoomorphic Heads
Translucent, pale brownish yellow jade, fashioned into a segment with an arc of about 80 degrees. The ends have the shape of animal heads, the surfaces of which coalesce with the pattern of plastic spirals covering the segment. More or less distinctly rendered are the mouth and the muzzle, the eye, and the ear or horn of these heads; the outlines of the heads are determined by these anatomical parts. There are no less than four drill-holes. A crack runs across the piece near the center. 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
1943.50.610
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. 482, p. 329

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