Jade Tiger in Bird's Eye View | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.287
Title: Jade Tiger in Bird's Eye View
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
Date: probably 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204768

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Light bluish green translucent nephrite with tan markings
Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm (2 7/16 x 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
unspecified: 15 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. 302 by Max Loehr:

302 Tiger in Bird’s Eye View
Plano-convex piece of light bluish green translucent jade with tan markings. The flat underside is left plain; the rounded upper side shows in low relief the head, _C_-shaped ears, and four legs of a tiger; the broad tail terminates in a hook. The piece is perforated vertically through the head. Probably Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.287

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. 302, p. 209

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