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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.463
Title
Jade Belt Hook
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/204736

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cream-colored nephrite with light brown and gray markings
Dimensions
13.3 x 1.6 cm (5 1/4 x 5/8 in.)
unspecified: 78 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. 467 by Max Loehr:

467 Belt Hook
Cream-colored jade with light brown and gray markings, polished to a high gloss. The object is plain except for the hook, which has the shape of an exquisitely modeled animal head characterized by strong whiskers and leaf-shaped ears. The edges of the upper side are chamfered to a point below the hook; from this point upward, the chamfers continue on the underside. The transverse bar and its rounded off, rectangular button are flush with the sides. 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
1943.50.463
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. 467, p. 318

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