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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.132
Title
Jade Handle, Partly Reworked
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
handle
Date
c. 1100 - 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/205143

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Creamy gray-green and green nephrite
Dimensions
H. 10.2 x W. 2.5 x D. 0.4 cm (4 x 1 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 24 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. 240 by Max Loehr:

240 Handle, Partly Reworked
Creamy gray-green and green jade handle, similar to No. 239 except for the tectiform top. On each side appears an incised bird figure with an elongated tail. The bird faces the lower end, where the jagged outline forms the silhouette of its beak and breast. The design of the tail is left in a sketchy state; apparently the lapidary abandoned his work before it was completed. Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.132
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. 240, p. 184

Verification Level

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