Harvard Art Museums > 1943.50.271: Glass Cicada Ritual Implements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Glass Cicada , 1943.50.271,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204761. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download The glass sculpture is of a short and stout cicada. The image is shown with the sculpture lying flat and head pointing upward. The top is a curved, flat surface with carved lines to detail the head and two short antennas. The middle and bottom are shaped downward into two longer points. It is light yellow in color with orange coloration in the engraved parts. Gallery Text During the Warring States and Han periods, jades functioned not only as ritual and burial items, but also as objects of personal adornment for the living. Other luxury materials, such as gold, bronze, and glass began to be incorporated with jades with greater frequency. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.50.271 Title Glass Cicada Classification Ritual Implements Work Type figurine Date 1st century BCE-1st century CE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204761 Location Location Level 1, Room 1740, Early Chinese Art, Arts of Ancient China from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium White glass with a greenish tinge Dimensions H. 5.6 x W. 3.2 x Thickness 0.8 cm (2 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 5/16 in.) Weight 31 g Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. 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. 566 by Max Loehr: 566 Glass Cicada Biconvex piece of white glass with a greenish tinge, similar in shape to No. 565. Eastern Han, first century A.D. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.50.271 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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. 566, p. 393 Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 286-7, cat. 40B Exhibition History 32Q: 1740 Early China I, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
