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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.194
Title
Jade Silkworm
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
probably 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204883

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent light green and whitish nephrite
Dimensions
1 x 5.2 x 0.5 cm (3/8 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 5 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. 310 by Max Loehr:

310 Silkworm
Translucent light green and whitish jade. The silkworm has a fluted body that tapers off toward the end; its eyes are indicated by circular depressions; its feet lie close to the head and are perforated at the tip. Probably Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.194
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 019, pp. 16-17, repr.
  • 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. 310, p. 212
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 170-72, cat. 21C

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2024 - 06/17/2024

Verification Level

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