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A white cicada, of unusually large size, the stone a fine mottled tone.
Cicada
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Cicada

Artist Chinese Artist
Date18th-19th century
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumJade
Dimensions1 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 1/16 in. (2.9 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.152
Collections
Visual DescriptionA white cicada, of unusually large size, the stone a fine mottled tone. The whole well defined, incised and detailed.
A cicada, the surface with simple incised linear details, the stone a translucent light green tone. Possible chip to mouth, nicks to tips of wings.
Cicada
Chinese Artist
Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
White jade cicada.
Cicada
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 18th-19th century
Well carved along the natural curves of the stone, the head turned towards the back, the face framed by long locks of gently incised mane, seated on its haunches with its tail swished to one side, the underside well detailed hooves, the stone of white tone with dark brown highlights
Recumbent Horse
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
A jade figure of a crouching toad, its back, face and features well defined and modelled, the stone a mellow celadon tone with light brown markings.
Toad
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
The massive stone well carved as a pair of recumbent fu lions turned to face each other, a beribboned brocade ball trailing from one of the lion's closed jaws, the 'snail' curled mane trailing over each lion's back to meet the bushy tails, one small cub poised on the back, the underside detailed with clawed feet, the stone of celadon tone with patches of russet highlights
Buddhistic Lion Group
Chinese Artist
17th-18th century
The deep, rounded sides carved on the exterior in shallow relief with a petal frieze pendant from a narrow rope-twist border at the rim, each petal incised with three vertical striations, the whole raised on a tall oval foot encircled by a bowstring band and with a raised border at the foot rim, the softly polished, semi-translucent stone of mottled grayish color
Cup
Chinese Artist
Song and Yuan dynasty (960-1368)
A rare and unusual jade boulder of natural form, the front with a scene of a sage and boy attendant observing twin aquatic birds as they swim. The whole sculptured with rocks and trees; the stone a pale celadon tone with russet markings.
Boulder with the God of Longevity in a Landscape
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), late 18th century
The small size carving depicting a vigorous elephant, the stone of a well-patinated brown tone
Elephant
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or later
Finely carved with its head turned back over its wings folded back and incised with archaistic decoration, a long leafy lotus spray trailing from its beak, the underside detailed with webbed feet, the stone of even tone.
Recumbent Duck
Chinese Artist
18th century
Figure of a quail, Ming Dynasty, incised with long upturned wings and bustling tail, the underside detailed, the stone of yellowish beige tone with brown highlights
Quail
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Water Buffalo
Water Buffalo
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-1795)
The thick stone well carved as a recumbent buffalo following the form of the boulder, the legs ticked beneath the body, the head turned to tone side, with broad snout and large curled horns, opposite the tail flicked to one side, the grayish green stone infused with a patch of white, small chip
Recumbent Buffalo
Chinese Artist
19th-20th century

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