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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.435
Title
Small Jade Dragon with Bird-Headed Tail
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
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/204704

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray-green and opaque grayish brown nephrite with a dull surface finish
Dimensions
5 x 7.1 x 0.5 cm (1 15/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 21 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. 426 by Max Loehr:

426 Small Dragon with Bird-headed Tail
Light gray-green and opaque grayish brown jade with a dull surface finish. The dragon’s head, with a finely cross-hatched crest and muzzle, is unusual in regard to its closed mouth. Other uncommon features are an appendage forming a loop at the animal’s neck and a long, wing-like projection in front. The tail terminates in a small bird head with a cross-hatched crest. The body is covered with plastic spiral curls. Perforation at bottom center. Late Eastern Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.435
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. 426, p. 293

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