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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.269
Title
Marble Cicada
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
figurine
Date
206 BCE - 220 CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204760

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White, polished, partly corroded marble
Dimensions
5.4 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm (2 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 5/16 in.)
unspecified: 23 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. 564 by Max Loehr:

564 Marble Cicada
White, polished, partly corroded marble. The summarily carved plano-convex piece is pointed at the head, with three transverse grooves between the angular, projecting eyes, and two parallel grooves to indicate the wings. The back is plain. Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.269
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. 564, p. 392

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