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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.406.A
Title
Jade Fish Sihouette (one of a pair)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
possibly 11th cent. BCE - 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/202784

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light bluish gray translucent nephrite
Dimensions
7.1 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm (2 13/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 6 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. 283 by Max Loehr:

283 Pair of Fish Silhouettes
Light bluish gray translucent jade. The fish are widest at the mouth. Their gills curve forward, leaving an undefined foot-shaped area below these gills and in front of the pectoral fin. That there is only one pectoral fin is an exceptional feature, shared by none of the other specimens in this collection. The tail fins, pointed, flaring, and strongly aslant, are beveled so as to form knife-like edges. The mouths are perforated. Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.406.A
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. 283a, p. 203

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