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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.335
Title
Small Crenelated Jade Plaque
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
late Western or early Eastern Zhou, c. 8th cent. BCE - c. 7th cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, c. 1050-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204488

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent, brownish-yellow nephrite with cream-colored spots
Dimensions
3.6 x 2.7 x 0.3 cm (1 7/16 x 1 1/16 x 1/8 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. 336 by Max Loehr:

336 Small Crenelated Plaque
Translucent, brownish yellow jade with cream-colored spots. The thin plaque with and irregularly crenelated silhouettes is decorated on one side only. The décor consists of a curled dragon figure, the head of which partly coincides with the contour of the plaque. The design is executed in engraved lines, single and double, in a style close to late Western Chou bronze ornaments. The off-center perforation was drilled from both sides. Late Western or early Eastern Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.335
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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 336, p. 223

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