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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.604
Title
Jade 'Huang' Segment with Plastic Curls and Widening Ends
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204392

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent, pale brownish-green nephrite
Dimensions
14 x 4.3 x 0.5 cm (5 1/2 x 1 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 60 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. 485 by Max Loehr:

485 Huang, Segment with Plastic Curls and Widening Ends
This segment, fashioned of translucent, pale brownish green jade with blackish brown spots at the outer contours, is distinguished both by its unusual shape and by the extraordinary precision of the workmanship, which is most strikingly demonstrated by the sharp, meticulously finished crenelation. Both sides are covered with a very regular grid pattern of plastic curls, bordered by plain, raised margins. The segment runs through approximately 156 degrees. There are small, straight perforations at either end, as well as at the apex of the arc. 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
1943.50.604
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. 485, p. 331
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), p. 34, fig. 2.6a-b; pp. 206-8, cat. 24A

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