Jade Statuette of a Man | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.149
Title: Jade Statuette of a Man
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: figurine
Date: 206 BCE - 9 CE (?)
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204886

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Gray-green nephrite
Dimensions: H. 3.9 x W. 1.1 x D. 0.8 cm (1 9/16 x 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Weight 5 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. 548 by Max Loehr:

548 Miniature Statuette of a Man_
Gray-green jade figure, summarily carved from a small rhombic prism. Wearing a hat shaped like an inverted truncate cone surmounted by a narrow, more or less cylindrical top, the man stands stiffly, with his hands joined across the stomach. He wears a long, plain gown that widens toward the bottom, where it is marked by a horizontal groove. Below the elbow is a transverse perforation. Western Han(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.149

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. 548, p. 382

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