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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.343
Title
Jade Claw-Shaped Pendant
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
late Western Zhou, 9th cent. BCE - 8th cent. 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/205010

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Whitish, calcified nephrite
Dimensions
6.2 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm (2 7/16 x 9/16 x 1/16 in.)

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. 330 by Max Loehr:

330 Claw-shaped Pendant
Flat, claw-shaped piece of whitish, calcified jade. The top part, with a small suspension loop projecting upward, is vaguely defined as an animal head in profile. Its eye is formed by a shallow circular depression; the remaining features are suggested by neatly incised single and double grooves. Such grooves also enliven the surfaces of the “body,” which resembles a bird’s wing rather that the body of an animal. Late Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.343
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. 330, p. 220

Verification Level

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