Jade 'Huang' Segment with Animal Heads

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.179
Title: Jade 'Huang' Segment with Animal Heads
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/204933

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Mottled grayish green, rather heavily calcified nephrite
Dimensions: H. 8 x W. 2 x D. 0.4 cm (3 1/8 x 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 19 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. 488 by Max Loehr:

488 Huang, Segment with Animal Heads
Mottled grayish green, rather heavily calcified jade. Save for certain details of the design, the object is basically similar to No. 487. The heads gain in intensity by simplified, compact outlines; the plastic curls are small and are arranged on a grid. Perforation at the top of the arc. Late Easter Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.179

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. 488, p. 333

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