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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.467.C
Title
Jade Dragon Silhouette
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
14th-10th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204744

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Calcified, creamy white, partly corroded, thin nephrite
Dimensions
H. 3.1 x W. 4.5 x D. 0.3 cm (1 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/8 in.)
Weight 6 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. 142 by Max Loehr:

142 Dragon Silhouette
Calcified, creamy white, partly corroded, thin jade plaque, showing a small creature that consists of a head with upright mushroom-shaped horn, shoulders, and short, curled tail. The back descends steeply toward the perforated tail end. A smaller perforation is at the mouth. Late Shang or early Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.467.C
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. 142, p. 121

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