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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.51.20
Title
Jade Spearhead on a Bronze Socket
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
spearhead
Date
possibly 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204615

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent light green nephrite blade with opaque buff clouds; bronze socket
Dimensions
14.7 x 4.9 x 0.4 cm (5 13/16 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 75 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. 229 by Max Loehr:

229 Jade Spearhead on a Bronze Socket
Short, fragmentary blade of translucent light green jade with opaque buff clouds. Its slightly bent median crest and outward-curving facets suggest that it was the fore part of a ko, with the base recut to form a narrow trapezoidal tang. This tang is inserted into a slot at the top of an oval, tapering bronze socket with a lug on either side. The bronze is covered with green patina and small patches of malachite. The components may be of different age, but the assemblage could date form the Western Chou period.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.51.20
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. 229, p. 176

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