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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.289
Title
Jade Ornamental Plaque (one of a pair)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
475 BCE - 221 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204769

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale greenish nephrite with calcified, cream-colored spots
Dimensions
3.9 x 2.5 x 0.4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 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. 448a by Max Loehr:

448 Pair of Ornamental Plaques
Pale greenish jade with calcified, cream-colored spots. These openwork plaques consist of tiger figures, their bodies doubled back on their long necks; between their fore-and hindlegs they hold wing-like shields. Their long, twisted tails terminate in curls running parallel to the upper edges of the shields. Their second forefoot is drawn tightly up to the throat. The plaques, identical on both sides, are worked out in low relief and incised lines. Late Eastern Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.289
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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 448a, p. 307

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