Thin Trapezoidal Jade Knife with a Cutout

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.46
Title: Thin Trapezoidal Jade Knife with a Cutout
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: knife
Date: c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Neolithic period
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205266

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black and blackish green stone
Dimensions: 52.6 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm (20 11/16 x 3 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
unspecified: 255 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. 211 by Max Loehr:

211 Thin Trapezoidal Knife with a Cutout
Black and blackish green stone blade of plano-convex shape, with a sharp and slightly battered, curved cutting edge. The two lateral edges are also sharpened. Along the straight back there are three perforations, which appear to be cylindrical. A fourth and smaller perforation is placed farther left, along the median axis. Beyond this smaller hole, there is a beautifully curved cutout at the back of the blade. Early Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.46

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. 211, p. 165

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