Plain Jade Handle | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.124
Title: Plain Jade Handle
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: handle
Date: 16th-11th century BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205141

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Finely polished, translucent green nephrite with slightly calcified, ocher-colored markings
Dimensions: H. 12.2 x W. 2.2 x D. 0.7 cm (4 13/16 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Weight 40 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. 115 by Max Loehr:

115 Plain Handle
Flattish, rectangular piece of finely polished, translucent green jade with slightly calcified, ocher-colored markings. The tectiform bar on top has sharply defined, hollow-ground facets. The concave part underneath shows the double ridge observed on the preceding three items, while the main part of the handle is plain. The handle has a relatively large conical perforation just above its oblique, less perfectly finished, lower edge. Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.124

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. 115, p. 108

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