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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.482
Title
Plain Trapezoidal Jade Plaque
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
plaque, ritual
Date
770 BCE - 221 BCE (?)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Eastern Zhou period, 770-256 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204856

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light green translucent nephrite with cream and russet spots
Dimensions
4.9 x 6.9 x 0.4 cm (1 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 32 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. 378 by Max Loehr:

378 Plain Trapezoidal Plaque
Light green translucent jade with cream and russet spots. Above the concavely ground lower corner, the sides flare toward the crenelated upper edge. A straight, narrow flange projects from the slower edge of the plaque; it is much thinner than the plaque and is perforated twice. A larger, rather irregular, suspension hole is drilled below the central spur at the top. While superior to No. 377 in design and workmanship, this specimen has remained undecorated. Eastern Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.482
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. 378, p. 252
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), p. 81, fig. 5

Verification Level

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