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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.183.A
Title
Ornamental Jade Plaque (one of a pair)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205291

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Strongly calcified bone-white nephrite
Dimensions
4.3 x 3 x 0.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 15 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. 381 by Max Loehr:

381 Pair of Ornamental Plaques
Strongly calcified jade of two distinct colors; bone-white (a) and a warm ivory (b). The plaques have the shape of sheaves of six symmetrically arranged petal-like forms girt by a transverse groove band. On the front, the outlines of the petals are repeated by concentric incisions, thus created a relief effect. The backs are plain and smooth. Holes drilled from the back meet others drilled from the top and bottom edges to form five perforations in one case (a), and six in the other case (b). Eastern Chou, 6th or 5th century B.C.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.183.A
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. 381a, p. 254
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 178, 180, 182-83, cat. 23B

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