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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.204
Title
Jade 'Huang' Segment with Plastic Curls
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
pendant
Date
475 - 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/204913

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent, milky white nephrite with brown markings
Dimensions
H. 9 x W. 1.5 x D. 0.3 cm (3 9/16 x 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
Weight 11 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. 484 by Max Loehr:

484 Huang, Segment with Plastic Curls
This translucent, milky white jade with brown markings is shaped as a narrow segment which spans an arc of about 125 degrees. Both sides are decorated with a pattern of plastic curls, bounded by plain margins. The arrangement of the curls follows the curve of the segment and thus is more or less concentric rather than grid-like. The ends and adjoining edges are unobtrusively crenelated. All surfaces show a glossy finish. At one end and at the apex there are small, cylindrical perforations. 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
1943.50.204
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. 484, p. 330

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