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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.139
Title
Flat Jade Tablet Combining Anthropomorphic Figure and Animal Heads
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
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/205198

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mottled light green and whitish nephrite
Dimensions
H. 6 x W. 2.6 x D. 0.3 cm (2 3/8 x 1 x 1/8 in.)
Weight 9 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. 244 by Max Loehr:

244 Flat Tablet Combining Anthropomorphic Figure and Animal Heads
Mottled light green and whitish jade. The elements engraved here are the same as in the foregoing object, but the man’s head in this case is more distinctly human, owing particularly to the profile of the chin. Moreover, the head is rendered as a distinct unit, rather than merging with the adjoining animal head. The animal’s elongated tusk or tongue, however, continues into the curved bands of what reads as the gentleman’s long hair. A second animal head is seen in the same position as in No. 243. The buttocks and crouching legs form the lower part of this composition; there is no appendage comparable to that of the preceding piece. There are small perforations near the upper and lower edges. Late Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.139
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. 244, p. 186

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