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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.149
Title
Jade Statuette of a Man
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
figurine
Date
206 BCE - 9 CE (?)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204886

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray-green nephrite
Dimensions
H. 3.9 x W. 1.1 x D. 0.8 cm (1 9/16 x 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Weight 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. 548 by Max Loehr:

548 Miniature Statuette of a Man_
Gray-green jade figure, summarily carved from a small rhombic prism. Wearing a hat shaped like an inverted truncate cone surmounted by a narrow, more or less cylindrical top, the man stands stiffly, with his hands joined across the stomach. He wears a long, plain gown that widens toward the bottom, where it is marked by a horizontal groove. Below the elbow is a transverse perforation. Western Han(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.149
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. 548, p. 382

Verification Level

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