Jade Pendant-Statuette of Bearded Old Man

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.150
Title: Jade Pendant-Statuette of Bearded Old Man
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: figurine
Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE (?)
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205258

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Blackish brown nephrite
Dimensions: H. 5.3 x W. 0.9 x D. 0.9 cm (2 1/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Weight 9 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. 550 by Max Loehr:

550 Pendant-Statuette of a Bearded Old Man
Smooth blackish brown jade, polished by wear. The figure shows a man with a long, pointed beard, wearing a flat cap with an elevation at the back and a long-sleeved gown. An axial perforation from the top bifurcates into drill-holes entering below the sleeve ends. Han(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.150

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. 550, p. 383

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