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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.73
Title
Trapezoidal Jade Knife
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
knife
Date
Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198964

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black stone
Dimensions
24 x 6.3 x 0.8 cm (9 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 5/16 in.)
unspecified: 227 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. 205 by Max Loehr:

205 Trapezoidal Knife
Sturdy blade of black stone with a straight back and oblique lateral edges. The blade is broken off at the right end, so that part of a perforation remains; the facets forming the cutting edge show, however, that the fracture occurred before they were ground. Two small conical perforations are placed parallel to the back, an incomplete one, made with a larger, hollow drill, is placed near the right edge. Nearly the entire length of the upper side of the blade is hollow-ground; the underside is flat. Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.73
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. 205, p. 161

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