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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.124
Title
Plain Jade Handle
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
handle
Date
16th-11th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205141

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Finely polished, translucent green nephrite with slightly calcified, ocher-colored markings
Dimensions
H. 12.2 x W. 2.2 x D. 0.7 cm (4 13/16 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Weight 40 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. 115 by Max Loehr:

115 Plain Handle
Flattish, rectangular piece of finely polished, translucent green jade with slightly calcified, ocher-colored markings. The tectiform bar on top has sharply defined, hollow-ground facets. The concave part underneath shows the double ridge observed on the preceding three items, while the main part of the handle is plain. The handle has a relatively large conical perforation just above its oblique, less perfectly finished, lower edge. Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.124
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. 115, p. 108

Verification Level

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