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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.477.A
Title
Jade Chopstick (one of a pair)
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
tool/equipment
Date
possibly Kangxi period, 1662-1722
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204802

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent green nephrite with discolored buff spots
Dimensions
Length 22.2 x Thickness 0.6 cm (8 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
20 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. 618a by Max Loehr:

618 Pair of Chopsticks
Translucent green jade with discolored buff spots. The round rods are set off from the squared handles by four superposed rings of unequal sizes. The sides of the handles are slightly concave; their tops are beveled in pyramidal fashion. Date uncertain.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.477.A
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. 618a, p. 423

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