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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.76
Title
Small 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/204930

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mottled, olive-greenish nephrite with whitish markings
Dimensions
19.5 x 6 x 0.4 cm (7 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 100 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. 203 by Max Loehr:

203 Small Trapezoidal Knife
Mottled, olive-greenish jade with whitish markings. The evenly thin blade is beveled on both sides toward a blunt edge. Along the back of the blade are three conical perforations, all drilled from the same side. On the reverse is an inscription in Small Seal characters engraved by a collector of later times (see Introduction, section on inscriptions). Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.76
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. 203, p. 160

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