1943.50.81: Small Jade Dagger-Axe
Ritual ImplementsIdentification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.50.81
- Title
- Small Jade Dagger-Axe
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: ko
- Classification
- Ritual Implements
- Work Type
- dagger-axe
- Date
- 12th cent. BCE - 10th cent. BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204949
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque, creamy buff nephrite, the surface of which is polished perfectly smooth and shiny
- Dimensions
-
13.3 x 5.2 x 0.4 cm (5 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
48 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. 63 by Max Loehr:
63 Small Dagger-Axe
Opaque, creamy buff jade, the surface of which is polished perfectly smooth and shiny. The blade is hollow-ground between its median crest and the lateral facets; the facets continue across the butt and curve outwards at the tip. A small conical hole drilled from the right side is placed immediately back of the tiny shoulder recesses. Shang,
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.50.81
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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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 (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 63, p. 71
Exhibition History
- S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008
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