Oblong Jade Tablet (one of a pair)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.117
Title: Oblong Jade Tablet (one of a pair)
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: ornament
Date: possibly 475 - 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/205139

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Dark gray-green translucent nephrite with brown markings
Dimensions: H. 11.6 x W. 1.8 x D. 0.5 cm (4 9/16 x 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 31 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. 495 by Max Loehr:

495 Pair of Oblong Tablets
Dark gray-green translucent jade with brown markings, fashioned into sharp-cornered, rectangular, flat tablets. Their sides are scored by five notches placed at even intervals. Between the similarly notched and longitudinally perforated ends runs a narrow median slit. The upper and lower surfaces display a pattern of incised spirals; cross-hatching appears along the notches, and slanting striae at either side of the slits. 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

1943.50.117

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. 495a, p. 336

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