1943.50.400: Jade Cylindrical Handle or Plug
Ritual ImplementsIdentification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.50.400
- Title
- Jade Cylindrical Handle or Plug
- Classification
- Ritual Implements
- Work Type
- handle
- 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/202763
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Faintly translucent, yellowish alabaster of fine, densely layered structure
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 1.4 cm (4 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
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. 177 by Max Loehr:
177 Cylindrical Handle or Plug
Faintly translucent, yellowish alabaster of fine and densely layered structure. The surface is withered and is stained with cinnabar. The head is marked by a concave part with a double roll and a slightly projecting conical top. At the lower end the body is flattened by recessed faces. Possibly Shang.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.50.400
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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. 177, p. 138
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