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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.178
Title
Jade Handle with Incised Design
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
handle
Date
10th century 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/205302

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray stone of fibrous structure
Dimensions
H. 9.9 x W. 2.2 x D. 0.4 cm (3 7/8 x 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 16 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. 241 by Max Loehr:

241 Handle with Incised Design
Flattish handle of the same type as No. 239, made from a light gray stone of fibrous structure. Traces of cinnabar on one side. The surfaces of both sides are completely filled by two superposed, engraved figures. The upper figure represents a bird, whose tail plume hovers above its raised, crested head. Its claws rest on the head of the lower figure, which is of vaguely anthropomorphic character and, like the bird, composed of curvilinear forms. The design is the same on both sides. The short, narrow base shows part of a large perforation. Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.178
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. 241, p. 184

Verification Level

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