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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.436
Title
Arched Jade Object Carved in Openwork
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
possibly 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/204763

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent whitish and nearly opaque mottled brown nephrite with high gloss
Dimensions
5.1 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm (2 x 9/16 x 5/16 in.)
unspecified: 11 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. 515 by Max Loehr:

515 Arched Object Carved in Openwork
Translucent whitish and nearly opaque mottled brown jade, with a highly polished, glossy surface. Apparently derived from an oval ring, the arch consists of three distinct elements. The middle part, much thicker than the rest, shows a floral motif within a rectangular frame with rounded-off corners and with a tiny feline mask at its slanting top. Above the middle part sits the profile figure of a bird-like dragon. Below the bulging, rounded extension of the middle part hangs a small reptilian creature whose body forms a sharply pointed hook. Details are incised on both sides, but more elaborately on the convex face. 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
1943.50.436
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. 515, p. 346

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