Jade Cicada | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.272
Title: Jade Cicada
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: figurine
Date: 25 CE - 220 CE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204762

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Translucent, dull green and buff nephrite
Dimensions: 6 x 2.7 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 1 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
unspecified: 29 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. 568 by Max Loehr:

568 Cicada
Translucent, dull green and buff, biconvex jade; similar in shape to No. 567. Probably Eastern Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.272

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. 568, p. 393

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1943.50.272: Jade Cicada