Jade Handle, Partly Reworked | Harvard Art Museums

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

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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

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