Heavy Two-Pronged Jade Hairpin | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.474
Title: Heavy Two-Pronged Jade Hairpin
Classification: Jewelry
Work Type: pin
Date: 960 - 1279
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Song dynasty, 960-1279
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204848

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Greenish white, very translucent nephrite
Dimensions: 12 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm (4 3/4 x 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
unspecified: 50 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. 620 by Max Loehr:

620 Heavy Two-pronged Hairpin
Greenish white, very translucent jade. While there is no sign of calcification, there are scanty concretions suggesting that the object was buried for some time. From the slightly bulging, rounded head issue two sturdy, round, sharply pointed prongs. Date uncertain.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.474

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. 620, p. 425

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