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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.276
Title
Jade Cicada
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
770 BCE - 221 BCE (?)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Eastern Zhou period, 770-256 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205063

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent, light yellowish green nephrite with tan markings
Dimensions
2.1 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm (13/16 x 1/2 x 5/16 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. 366 by Max Loehr:

366 Cicada
Translucent, light yellowish green jade with tan markings. The cicada is carved in the round from a short segment of a ring(?). It has three transverse grooves between head and body, and simple, incised wing contours. Tiny perforation through the vertical ridge in front. Easter Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.276
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. 366, p. 246

Verification Level

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