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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.95
Title
Jade Dagger-Axe with Ornate Tang
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ko
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
dagger-axe
Date
16th-10th century 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/204989

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light buff nephrite with sparse grayish green veins; traces of cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
Dimensions
H. 23 x W. 6.5 x D. 0.4 cm (9 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 127 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. 59 by Max Loehr:

59 Dagger-Axe with Ornate Tang
Light buff jade with sparse grayish green veins; traces of cinnabar adhering to the surfaces. The rather awkwardly shaped blade curves down steeply at the point, shows an irregularly curved lower edge, and lacks a clear articulation of the tang. Without any indication of a break, the blade blends into the curved, drooping tang, which is notched along the back and engraved on both faces with a large eye and with a hooked beak filled with three chevrons. Possibly the carving of this piece was left unfinished. Shang,

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.95
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 (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 59, p. 69

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