Bead-Like Jade Pendant | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.147
Title: Bead-Like Jade Pendant
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: pendant
Date: 5th-4th century BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Zhou dynasty, Eastern Zhou period, 770-256 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205267

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Greenish gray nephrite with tan and brown markings
Dimensions: H. 6.1 x D. 1.6 cm (2 3/8 x 5/8 in.)
Weight 18 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. 498 by Max Loehr:

498 Bead-like Pendant
Greenish gray jade with tan and brown markings. The body, perforated by a fairly wide drill-hole, is covered with curls in strong relief; the tapering ends are set off by striated rolls and smooth concave bands. 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

1943.50.147

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. 498, p. 338

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