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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.425
Title
Jade Fish Silhouette
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
16th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204984

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Discolored, calcified nephrite, coated with cinnabar
Dimensions
5.4 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm (2 1/8 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 5 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. 134 by Max Loehr:

134 Fish Silhouette
Biconvex piece of discolored, calcified jade, coated with cinnabar. The body is characterized by dorsal and pectoral fins; the tail, marked off by an incised straight line, ends with a slanting, sharpened edge. Perforation at the mouth. Shang or Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.425
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. 134, p. 117

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