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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.323
Title
Primitive Black Stone Statuette
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
figurine
Date
206 BCE - 220 CE (?)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204486

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black stone
Dimensions
7.8 x 2.3 x 2 cm (3 1/16 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
unspecified: 69 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. 549 by Max Loehr:

549 Primitive Black Stone Statuette
Standing figure cut from a squarish prism. The head is flattened to a slanting plane at the back. The features are reduced to two depressions for the eyes and a horizontally ground recess below the nose. The forearms are indicated by a broad ledge across the body. Smooth, worn surface. Han(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.323
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. 549, p. 382

Verification Level

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