Jade Fish Silhouette | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.425
Title: Jade Fish Silhouette
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
Date: 16th cent. BCE - 8th cent. 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/204984

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Discolored, calcified nephrite, coated with cinnabar
Dimensions: 5.4 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm (2 1/8 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 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. 134 by Max Loehr:

134 Fish Silhouette
Biconvex piece of discolored, calcified jade, coated with cinnabar. The body is characterized by dorsal and pectoral fins; the tail, marked off by an incised straight line, ends with a slanting, sharpened edge. Perforation at the mouth. 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

1943.50.425

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. 134, p. 117

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