Jade Stylus-Like Object | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.390
Title: Jade Stylus-Like Object
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: stylus
Date: c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 11th cent. BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/202760

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Pale green nephrite with white streaks
Dimensions: 16.8 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (6 5/8 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
unspecified: 49 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. 176 by Max Loehr:

176 Stylus-like Object
Pale green nephrite with white streaks. The object resembles a sturdy pin or stylus that tapers to a sharp point. The upper part is trapezoidal in cross-section; the lower part is rounded. A head is formed by an inward-curving depression girt by a horizontal rib and surmounted by a slightly projecting top. The back is flattish except for an irregular vertical groove. Probably Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.390

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. 176, p. 138

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