Jade Arc-Shaped Dragon | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.353
Title: Jade Arc-Shaped Dragon
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
Date: early Western Zhou, c. 11th cent. BCE - 10th cent. 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/205006

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Mottled gray-green nephrite, calcified to a creamy yellow tone in areas
Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.6 x 0.4 cm (2 15/16 x 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 14 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. 300 by Max Loehr:

300 Arc-Shaped Dragon
Mottled gray-green jade, calcified to a creamy yellow tone along the borders and all over on the reverse side. This nearly semicircular segment of a narrow disk is shaped as a dragon of the type described in No. 299 and has a similarly beveled, sharp-edged projection at the tail. The contours are economically defined; the details are incised. There is a biconical perforation at the mouth. Early Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.353

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. 300, p. 208

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