Rabbit Figure Cut from a Jade Disk Segment

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.300
Title: Rabbit Figure Cut from a Jade Disk Segment
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
Date: 16th-8th century BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204784

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Opaque, bone-colored nephrite with a few dark green spots; partly coated with red pigment
Dimensions: H. 4.1 x W. 11.5 x D. 0.5 cm (1 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 41 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. 159 by Max Loehr:

159 Rabbit Figure Cut from a Disk Segment
Opaque, bone-colored jade with a few dark green spots; partly coated with red pigment. The overall bend and the outer edge show this awkwardly proportioned figure to have been fashioned from the segment of a disk. The clumsily outlined head with eyes indicated by two concentric circles has the same width as the body. The body is crenelated at the back, terminated haphazardly in a point, and is supported by only one pair of legs. Drill-holes at the mouth, above the feet, and near the pointed end. Plain surfaces, except for the incised outlines of the ears and paws. Shang or Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.300

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. 159, p. 129

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