Miniature Jade Dagger-Axe (one of two)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.157.A
Title: Miniature Jade Dagger-Axe (one of two)
Other Titles: Alternate Title: ko
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: dagger-axe
Date: 16th cent. BCE - 8th 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/205260

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brownish and yellow translucent nephrite
Dimensions: 6.6 x 2 x 0.5 cm (2 5/8 x 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 13 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. 69 by Max Loehr:

69 Pair of Miniature Dagger-Axes
Brownish and yellow translucent jade. The blades, which are strongly curved, lack the feature of a median crest;instead, the entire field between the lateral facets is hollow-ground. A notch appears in the center of each butt. One blade (a) has a perforation in the center of the tang; the other (b), between its tiny shoulders, Shang or Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.157.A

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

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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. 69a, p. 74

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