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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.185
Title
Jade Curved Dragon Figure
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
c. 14th cent. BCE - c. 11th cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204896

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light green and tan nephrite with traces of calcification
Dimensions
7.4 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm (2 15/16 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 15 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. 145 by Max Loehr:

145 Curved Dragon Figure
Carved from the segment of a sturdy bracelet of light green and tan jade that shows traces of calcification. The parts of the head and body are worked out in thin relief lines. Both the eyes and what appear to be pointed ears or horns reach over the upper edge; along this upper edge, beginning behind the tips of the ears, extends a chain of five diamonds defined by incised double outlines. The very short tail curves upward, while a notched projection in the middle of the lower edge vaguely suggest feet. The extension at the end has a slanting, sharpened edge and a point. Biconical perforation through the mouth. Late Shang(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.185
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. 145, p. 122

Verification Level

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