Harvard Art Museums > 1943.50.165: Elongated Jade Fish Silhouette Ritual Implements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Elongated Jade Fish Silhouette , 1943.50.165,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204921. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download The jade sculpture is of a silhouette of a fish and is flat, long, and thin in shape. It is dark green and yellow-green in color and shown horizontally. The left-side end is angled and pointed to look like a fin. The middle area has carved lines to show top and bottom fins. The right-side end has a small circle engraved to show an eye and the nose is small and hammer-shaped with a small hole through it. Gallery Text In the Zhou dynasty the number of jades in burial sites increased significantly, as multiple plaques and beads were sewn or strung together and draped over the face and body of the deceased. Jades in the forms of figures and animals became increasingly realistic, and surface patterns became more complex and highly decorative. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.50.165 Title Elongated Jade Fish Silhouette Classification Ritual Implements Work Type pendant Date c. 1100-771 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/204921 Location Location Level 1, Room 1740, Early Chinese Art, Arts of Ancient China from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Clouded bluish gray-green, faintly translucent nephrite Dimensions W. 1.1 x L. 10.2 x Thickness 0.3 cm (7/16 x 4 x 1/8 in.) Weight 6 g Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. 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. 278 by Max Loehr: 278 Elongated Fish Silhouette Clouded bluish gray-green, faintly translucent jade. Straight, slender shape with slanting, slightly flaring tail. Perforation at the mouth. Western Chou. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.50.165 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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. 278, p. 201 Exhibition History 32Q: 1740 Early China I, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
