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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.121
Title
Ornate Jade Handle
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
handle
Date
12th-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/205227

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mottled, light gray-green opaque stone
Dimensions
H. 12.2 x W. 2.4 x D. 0.9 cm (4 13/16 x 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Weight 87 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. 112 by Max Loehr:

112 Ornate Handle
Sturdy, prismatic body of mottled, light gray-green opaque stone. The upper part consists of a tectiform bar on top of a section with concave sides, banded in the middle by two thin ridges. The lower part, which tapers slightly toward the bottom, is decorated with four super-posed leaves or scales rising up along each of the edges. Each tier is separated from the one adjacent to it by grooves running up the center of each side. These central grooves cut through the two ridges of the base of the handle. The tip is an inverted, truncate pyramid. Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.121
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. 112, p. 106

Verification Level

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