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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.249
Title
Jade Pig (one of a pair)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
figurine
Date
25 CE - 220 CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205016

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray stone and green and yellowish nephrite
Dimensions
9.2 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm (3 5/8 x 1 x 7/8 in.)
unspecified: 121 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. 557a by Max Loehr:

557 Pair of Pigs
Mixture of light gray stone and green and yellowish jade. Similar to the preceding pair in regard to form and finish. The carved design of the heads and limbs is more strongly conventionalized than in the preceding pairs. Again, the juxtaposed side of the two pieces (a, left side; b, right side) are left uncarved. Perforations like those in the preceding three sets (Nos. 554, 555, 556). Probably Eastern Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.249
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. 557a, p. 389

Verification Level

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