1983.75: Miniature Jade Dagger-Axe ("Ge")
Ritual Implements
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1983.75
- Title
- Miniature Jade Dagger-Axe ("Ge")
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: ko
- Classification
- Ritual Implements
- Work Type
- dagger-axe
- Date
- c. 1699 BCE -1028 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/202043
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Nephrite
- Dimensions
- 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gershinowitz
- Accession Year
- 1983
- Object Number
- 1983.75
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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