Squarish Jade Bead with Flanges | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.370
Title: Squarish Jade Bead with Flanges
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/203251

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Pale green and creamy brown nephrite
Dimensions: 2.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (1 x 7/16 x 7/16 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. 517 by Max Loehr:

517 Squarish Bead with Flanges
Pale Green and creamy brown jade tube, squarish in cross-section, and having a wide perforation. The corners are accentuated by pairs of prismatic flanges. Thinly incised double lines are placed diagonally on the four sides; the ends are marked by striated bands. One end is notched at the opposite sides and provided with three tiny drill-holes. Late Eastern Chou or earlier.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.370

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. 517, p. 347

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