Small Jade Water Buffalo in Low Relief

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.263
Title: Small Jade Water Buffalo in Low Relief
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
Date: 14th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205071

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Clear, light green nephrite
Dimensions: 2.8 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm (1 1/8 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 4 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. 153 by Max Loehr:

153 Small Water Buffalo in Low Relief
Clear, light green jade with flat, plain back, representing a realistically proportioned, crouching buffalo. Horns, rhombic eyes, and legs are incised. Perforated biconically through the head. Late Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.263

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. 153, p. 126

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