Jade Fish Silhouette | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.421
Title: Jade Fish Silhouette
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
Date: possibly 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/204981

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Translucent creamy brown nephrite partly covered by a calcareous deposit
Dimensions: 7.3 x 2.3 x 3.3 cm (2 7/8 x 7/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
unspecified: 8 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. 286 by Max Loehr:

286 Fish Silhouette
Crudely carved figure of a translucent creamy brown jade partly covered by a calcareous deposit. The head is misshapen; the fins are most irregularly striated; and the tip of the slanting tail is broken off. Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.421

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. 286, p. 204

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