Malachite Cicada | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.279
Title: Malachite Cicada
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204711

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Green malachite with patches of black matrix
Dimensions: 2 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (13/16 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
unspecified: 4 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. 602 by Max Loehr:

602 Turquoise Cicada
Worn, lusterless green turquoise with patches of black matrix. The insect, probably a cicada, is short and thick; it is carved in the round, in a style that compares with none of the preceding types. Suspension-hole drilled through the length of the piece. Date uncertain.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.279

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. 602, p. 416

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