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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.51.18.B
Title
Bronze Sword with Jade Guard
Classification
Weapons and Ammunition
Work Type
sword guard
Date
475 BCE - 221 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204594

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oxide-encrusted bronze blade; bone-colored nephrite guard
Dimensions
guard: 1.1 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm (7/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
sword: 62 cm (24 7/16 in.)

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. 460 by Max Loehr:

460 Bronze Sword with Jade Guard
The oxide-encrusted blade with a flat but sturdy tang is fitted with a bone-colored jade guard that is plain and well polished. Late Eastern Chou.

The short copper pin, inserted into the end of the tang and soldered into place as a device for attaching the chape, No. 455, as a hilt ornament, is a recent addition.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.51.18.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. 460, p. 313

Verification Level

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