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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.461
Title
Jade Belt Hook
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204742

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bone-colored opaque nephrite with small areas of pale green
Dimensions
8.4 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm (3 5/16 x 1 3/4 x 15/16 in.)
90 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. 462 by Max Loehr:

462 Belt Hook
Bone-colored opaque jade with small areas of pale green at the back. Under the hook, the stone has begun to disintegrate. The sturdy convex body expands to a shield form framed by a hollow, beveled border with three rectangular notches. The shield is covered with raised spirals, while the border is finely incised with disconnected S -curves flanked by small cross-hatched field. The stem tapers off toward the hook, which is shaped as a feline head, with ears in shallow relief and a pair of horns(?) in high relief. A simplified mask adjoining the shield at the widest part of the stem faces the feline head above it. On the back is a heavy stud. 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
1943.50.461
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. 462, p. 315

Exhibition History

  • S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008

Verification Level

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