Fragment of a Jade Dragon Figure | Harvard Art Museums

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

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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. 432, p. 296

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