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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.244
Title
Jade Feline on top of a Finial
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/205038

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Highly-polished, translucent, light gray-green jade with dark marginal markings
Dimensions
4.4 x 2.7 x 0.3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/16 x 1/8 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. 445 by Max Loehr:

445 Feline on Top of a Finial
Highly polished, translucent, light gray-green jade with dark marginal markings. At the bottom of the finial, shaped like half an Ionic capital, is an oxidized remnant of a bronze haft. The animal seems to be a cross between a tiger and a ram. The tiger-like head is raised, its mouth wide open. Below the slightly hollowed-out, cross-hatched ear is a horn or plume which rests on the animal’s back. Its forelegs are folded under, the hindlegs are tensely poised. The long tail, striated at the curled tip, touches the volute of the “capital.” Both sides identical. 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
1943.50.244
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. 445, p. 305

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