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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.12
Title
Jade Chisel
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
chisel
Date
c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period, Longshan culture, c. 3000-1900 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205544

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy
Dimensions
H. 20.4 x W. 5.3 x Thickness 0.9 cm (8 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Weight 184 g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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. 24 by Max Loehr:

24 Chisel
Light gray and pale green, slightly calcified jade, polished smooth and glossy. Toward the cutting edge, the straight sides of the blade widen slightly; the thickness of its biconvex body diminishes gradually toward the edge. Above the neatly drilled conical hole, the sides converge noticeably. The butt is straight. Shang or Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.12
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. 24, p. 52

Subjects and Contexts

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