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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.164
Title
Jade Fish Silhouette
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
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/205294

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque, light buff nephrite with bluish black markings
Dimensions
H. 10 x W. 1.8 x D. 0.3 cm (3 15/16 x 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Weight 8 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. 281 by Max Loehr:

281 Fish Silhouette
Opaque, light buff jade with bluish black markings. The shape is distinguished by the following features: a flaring, hammer-shaped mouth; unusually large eyes; and an extremely pointed upper tip of the tail fin, the edge of which continues that of the pectoral fins. The fish is perforated at the mouth. Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.164
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. 281, p. 203

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