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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.626
Title
Jade Wrist Guard (?)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
guard
Date
c. 3500 - c. 2500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period, Hongshan culture, c. 4500-3000 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204547

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent, pale celadon-green nephrite
Dimensions
Length 9.7 x Chord 7.9 x Thickness 0.4 cm (3 13/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 83 g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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. 371 by Max Loehr:

371 Archer’s Wrist Guard(?)
Translucent, pale celadon-green jade object of trapeziform silhouette and like a flattened arc in section. The convex surface is embellished with a series of five transverse ribs, the second and fourth of which connect in a curve at the left side. The third or central rib marks the center of a pointed projection on the right side. Near the left edge, which has not been smoothed completely, are three perforations. Easter Chou(?).

The shape and dimensions of this object would seem to speak in favor of the suggested purpose. Whatever its use in antiquity, in later times it might well have served as a calligrapher’s wrist support.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.626
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. 371, p. 248
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), p. 16, ill.; pp. 74-75, cat. 1

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