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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.197
Title
Slender Ornate Jade Handle
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
handle
Date
late 19th cent. - early 20th
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204695

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light brown nephrite
Dimensions
11.7 x 1.9 x 0.7 cm (4 5/8 x 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 22 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. 597 by Max Loehr:

597 Slender Ornate Handle
This unusual object, fashioned of light brown jade of an even tone, appears to have been worked as a pendant rather than a handle. The tectiform bar above the concave part with double ridges is surmounted by a perforated ringlet on top of a crescent. The main body is covered by vertical rows of small scales, not symmetrically aligned, which suggests the body of a fish; the lower end, which is perforated by a tiny biconical drill-hole, is shaped like tail fins. Date open.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.197
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. 597, p. 414

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