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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.241
Title
Jade Feline Caryatid
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/204966

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Whitish translucent nephrite with calcification
Dimensions
6.1 x 2 x 0.5 cm (2 3/8 x 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 7 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. 446 by Max Loehr:

446 Feline Caryatid
Whitish translucent jade, the glossy surface of which is impaired by calcification. The small openwork plaque represents a feline standing upright on his one pair of feet; his body and curlicue tail sweep upward like the tail of a rooster. His head and tail support a pedestaled emblem the shape of which is reminiscent of the bottle-shaped horns of Shang and Western Chou dragons. The parts of the animal’s body are defined in low relief. 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
1943.50.241
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. 446, p. 305

Verification Level

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