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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.342
Title
Fragment of a Jade Dragon Figure
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ornament
Date
475 BCE - 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/205004

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light brown and cream-colored translucent nephrite
Dimensions
8.1 x 2 x 0.4 cm (3 3/16 x 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 10 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. 432 by Max Loehr:

432 Fragment of a Dragon Figure
Light brown and cream-colored translucent jade. The body, covered with plastic spirals, forms a simple curve; beyond the middle—roughly indicated by a perforation—it is cut off to haphazardly pointed shape. The head, with its closed mouth, appears to belong with the type showing an axe-shaped lower jaw. 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
1943.50.342
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 (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 432, p. 296

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