1943.50.475.B: Jade Brush Cap (with brush handle)
Artists' ToolsIdentification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.50.475.B
- Title
- Jade Brush Cap (with brush handle)
- Classification
- Artists' Tools
- Work Type
- artist's equipment
- Date
- 1368 - 1911
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Ming (1368-1644) to Qing (1644-1911) dynasty
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204572
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Light gray-green, partly discolored nephrite
- Dimensions
-
10 x 1.9 cm (3 15/16 x 3/4 in.)
unspecified: 55 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. 617b by Max Loehr:
617 Brush Holder and Cover
Light gray-green, partly discolored jade cylinders, both of which are almost completely hollowed out. The more slender brush holder tapers slightly at the open end, which fits tightly into the cover. On the thus protected ends no discoloration has occurred. The brush itself is lost. The age of this piece is hard to determine, but the degree of calcification suggest that it has lain in the ground for some time, perhaps as long as several centuries.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.50.475.B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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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. 617b, p. 423
Verification Level
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