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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.251
Title
Jade Pig
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/205067

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Clear, pale green nephrite with whitish speckles
Dimensions
10.9 x 2.5 x 2.6 cm (4 5/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
unspecified: 157 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. 558 by Max Loehr:

558 Pig
Clear, pale green jade with whitish speckles; surfaces, including bottom, polished to a glossy finish. The eyes are thinly incised in contrast to the broad, sloping cuts defining the ears and the limbs. Small perforations through the tail ridge and below the snout. Late Western or Eastern Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.251
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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 558, p. 389

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