Jade Cicada | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.282
Title: Jade Cicada
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
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/204712

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Translucent celadon-green nephrite
Dimensions: 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.4 cm (1 5/8 x 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 8 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. 318 by Max Loehr:

318 Cicada
Translucent celadon-green jade plaque, incised identically on both sides. Similar to No. 317, except for the design of the body, which is here marked by a double curve with a small spike pointing toward the rear. Perforation through the vertical ridge in front of head. Late Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.282

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

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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. 318, p. 214

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