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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.167
Title
Small Jade Seal
Classification
Seals
Work Type
seal
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/205270

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale green nephrite with ivory-colored, calcified spots
Dimensions
0.9 x 0.9 x 1 cm (3/8 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
unspecified: 2 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Carved relief character in Small Seal script: "kung" ("duke")

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. 582 by Max Loehr:

582 Small Seal
Pale green jade with ivory-colored calcified spots. The quadrangular body with beveled, pyramidal top is provided with a tiny loop. A carved relief character in Small Seal script reads kung, “duke.”
Han or earlier.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.167
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 (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 582, p. 401

Verification Level

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