Jade Scabbard Buckle | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.52.128
Title: Jade Scabbard Buckle
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: ornament
Date: 206 BCE - 9 CE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204040

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Light green and whitish nephrite buckle attached to a wooden scabbard fragment
Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.9 cm (2 5/16 x 3/4 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. 571 by Max Loehr:

571 Scabbard Buckle
Small buckle of light green and whitish jade, attached to the fragment of a wooden scabbard mineralized with iron compounds from the iron sword sheathed in it. The buckle is decorated with a simple pattern of plastic dots, which are interlocked by engraved lines moving at right angles like steps. The top of the buckle does not curve down. Western Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.52.128

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. 571, p. 394

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