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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.234
Title
Jade Eagle-headed Griffin
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/205036

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Faintly translucent, mottled light brown and gray nephrite
Dimensions
7 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm (2 3/4 x 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 9 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. 418 by Max Loehr:

418 Eagle-headed Griffin
Faintly translucent, mottled light brown and gray jade. The surfaces are plain and the piece is apparently unfinished. The slender body ends in a pointed hook. The figure is provided with wings; forelegs and hindlegs are drawn tightly toward the body. The aquiline head has a small perforation that reads as an eye. 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
1943.50.234
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. 418, p. 285

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