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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.466
Title
Jade Bird Monster
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
early 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204777

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent, light gray-green nephrite with whitish and fawn-colored streaks
Dimensions
11.7 x 4 x 0.5 cm (4 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 48 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. 628 by Max Loehr:

628 Bird Monster
Translucent, light gray-green jade with whitish and fawn-colored streaks. The curved figure of a bird, identically engraved on both sides, is topped by a pair of curved ko blades. The bird’s wings, drooping crest, and tail are clearly discernible; its face and claws are not. The engraved design, executed in slanting cuts, exhibits, moreover, a rudeness that is irreconcilable with Shang or Western Chou carving. Apparently this piece was made in imitation of a specimen formerly in the possession of C. T. Loo, and may be as recent as the 1920’s.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.466
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. 628, p. 431

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