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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.624
Title
Miniature Jade 'Ding' Tripod
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
early 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204842

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque, mottled light green and dark brown nephrite
Dimensions
3.9 x 0.4 x 3.5 cm (1 9/16 x 3/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
unspecified: 40 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. 624 by Max Loehr:

624 Miniature Ting Tripod
Opaque, mottled light green and dark brown jade, shaped as a very small ting with straight legs and two upright loop handles on the rim. The ornament consists of a low relief frieze in three sections, each of which is occupied by a t’ao-t’ieh mask. The masks are fairly closely modeled on late Shang or early Western Chou prototypes. The orifices of the loops are angular. Date uncertain.

Although the shape and ornamentation are not obviously for an archaizing character, the small size of the object suggest that it was an archaeological toy rather than an ancient miniature vessel made for burial purposes.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.624
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. 624, p. 427

Verification Level

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