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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.358
Title
Jade Dragon Silhouette
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/203247

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent, milky, pale greenish nephrite
Dimensions
2.2 x 8.6 x 0.5 cm (7/8 x 3 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 15 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. 434 by Max Loehr:

434 Dragon Silhouette
Translucent, milky, pale greenish nephrite. Head and body form a continuous curve, rejoined by the upward flung tail. The width of the body decreases evenly toward the tail. An appendage forming a pointed volute below the body bifurcates into two slender claw-like members, the claw in front being connected with the dragon’s lower jaw. A small curved foot issues from the back of the tail. Perforated in the middle of the body. The body itself is covered with interconnected spirals executed in low relief and intaglio. 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
1943.50.358
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. 434, p. 297

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