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Pair of Jade Plaques

Pair of Jade Plaques

475–221 BCE
(770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
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Part 1: 22.5 x 8.9 cm (8 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.); Part 2: 20.8 x 8.7 cm (8 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund and the John L. Severance Fund 1991.78
Location: not on view

Description

This beautiful pair of late Eastern Zhou openwork jade plaques illustrate a level of creativity and technical achievement that was unequaled before or since. Taking the shape of a pair of fantastic creatures, they are at once tiger-like, rhino-like, and dragon-like. Their strong silhouettes are marked with shallow relief bands, and their subtly swelling embellished surfaces are finished to the same degree on both sides.
  • ?–1991
    (James J. Lally, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1991–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. "Selected 1991 Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 2 (1992): 63-83. Mentioned: p. 65, 83; Reproduced: p. 66 www.jstor.org
    Wilson, J. Keith. "A Pair of Chinese Jade Plaques." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 4 (1993): 127-30. Reproduced: cover, p. 127; Mentioned: p. 127-30 www.jstor.org
    Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347. Reproduced: p. 297; Mentioned: p. 297-99, 346 www.jstor.org
    Cunningham, Michael R. Masterworks of Asian art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. Reproduced: p. 28 - 29
    So, Jenny F. Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Art Museums, 2019. Mentioned: p. 217
  • Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).
    Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH(January 28-April 26, 1992).
  • {{cite web|title=Pair of Jade Plaques|url=false|author=|year=475–221 BCE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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