Jade Cicada (one of a pair) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.173
Title: Jade Cicada (one of a pair)
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
Date: possibly 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/199184

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Light gray stone
Dimensions: H. 3.2 x W. 1.4 x D. 0.8 cm (1 1/4 x 9/16 x 5/16 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. 316 by Max Loehr:

316 Pair of Cicadas
Sculptures in the round, cut from small segments of a light gray stone. Eyes in relief; double transverse grooves between the head and body of each; wing contours incised by means of slanting cuts. The mouths are each marked by a deep horizontal slit; each cicada perforated from underneath its mouth. The concave backs are plain. Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.173

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

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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. 316a, p. 214

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