1943.50.104: Plain Jade Handle
Ritual ImplementsIdentification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.50.104
- Title
- Plain Jade Handle
- Classification
- Ritual Implements
- Work Type
- handle
- Date
- possibly 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/205032
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black nephrite with dark brown areas
- Dimensions
-
11 x 2 x 0.8 cm (4 5/16 x 13/16 x 5/16 in.)
unspecified: 41 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. 239 by Max Loehr:
239 Plain Handle
Flattish, rectangular piece of black jade with dark brown areas. Similar to No. 115 in its general shape, this handle shows a much simplified treatment of all its parts. The concave portion is set off from top and trunk merely by grooves. The bottom part is beveled asymmetrically. The bar-like top of the handle is perforated by two converging drill holes, which indicate that the piece was worn as a pendant. The smooth, glossy surface and soft edges are the result of much handling. Western Chou(?).
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.50.104
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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. 239, pp. 182-183
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