Small Jade Seal | Harvard Art Museums

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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 582, p. 401

Verification Level

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