Jade Pig (one of a pair) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.249
Title: Jade Pig (one of a pair)
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: figurine
Date: 25 CE - 220 CE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205016

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Light gray stone and green and yellowish nephrite
Dimensions: 9.2 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm (3 5/8 x 1 x 7/8 in.)
unspecified: 121 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. 557a by Max Loehr:

557 Pair of Pigs
Mixture of light gray stone and green and yellowish jade. Similar to the preceding pair in regard to form and finish. The carved design of the heads and limbs is more strongly conventionalized than in the preceding pairs. Again, the juxtaposed side of the two pieces (a, left side; b, right side) are left uncarved. Perforations like those in the preceding three sets (Nos. 554, 555, 556). Probably Eastern Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.249

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. 557a, p. 389

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