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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.189
Title
Ornate Jade Plaquette
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
475 BCE - 221 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204898

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray nephrite, darkening to russet and brown
Dimensions
5.5 x 3.1 x 0.7 cm (2 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 23 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. 497 by Max Loehr:

497 Ornate Plaquette
Light gray jade, darkening to russet and brown toward the edges. The piece, a slightly irregular oblong shape with recessed upper and lower corners, is equipped with unusual lateral projections. These projections are sharp, rectangular, T -shaped hooks arranged in pairs, slightly thinner than the body of the plaquette. A thin, tapering perforation runs through the middle. Both sides of the body are decorated with modeled spirals, while fine, linear engravings appear on the projections. Late Eastern Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.189
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. 497, p. 337

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