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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.103
Title
Plain Jade Handle
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
handle
Date
c. 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/204957

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Highly translucent, light gray nephrite with bluish black specks and whitish clouds
Dimensions
15.3 x 3.9 x 0.4 cm (6 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 57 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. 242 by Max Loehr:

242 Plain Handle
Highly translucent, light gray stone with bluish black specks and whitish clouds. As in the case of No. 239, the concave upper section is marked off from the adjoining parts by simple, incised grooves. Seen from the side, the top art tapers off to a thin edge. Near the shapeless lower edge of the tapering trunk is a slightly conical hole. Western Chou or later.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.103
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. 242, p. 185
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 130-32, cat. 14A

Verification Level

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