Left column: 1943.50.271, 1943.50.269; center column: 1943.50.276, 1943.50.274, 1943.50.172; right column: 1943.50.270, 1943.50.272 (all top to bottom) Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Left column: 1943.50.271, 1943.50.269; center column: 1943.50.276, 1943.50.274, 1943.50.172; right column: 1943.50.270, 1943.50.272 (all top to bottom) Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.270
Title
Jade Cicada
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
figurine
Date
1st century CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204702

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Creamy white and yellowish, opaque stone with a glossy polish partly weathered
Dimensions
5.4 x 2.9 x 0.7 cm (2 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 20 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. 565 by Max Loehr:

565 Cicada
Creamy white and yellowish, opaque stone with a glossy polish that is partly obliterated by weathering. Biconvex shape. The eyes are made to stand out by means of the notches cut in front and behind them. The head, body, and wings are delineated by simple grooves on both sides. Eastern Han, about the first century A.D.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.270
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. 565, p. 392

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