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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.647.A-B
Title
Pair of Jade Pendants int he Form of Human Figures
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
late 19th cent. - early 20th cent.
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204550

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White jade mounted on bronze and silver wire clips
Dimensions
2.9 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm (1 1/8 x 9/16 x 1/4 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. 610 by Max Loehr:

610 Pair of Pendants in the Form of Human Figures
These miniature figures are carved of white jade and mounted on bronze and silver wire clips. Their faces are flat, the features merely incised, while their robes, fully modeled, sweep diagonally across their stocky bodies. The bronze wires adjoining the figures at the back divide, interlocking in front where they terminate in two coils. A thin silver wire wound about the bronze hook behind the heads forms a flat collar around the shoulder of each figures. Yüan.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.647.A-B
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. 610, p. 419

Verification Level

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