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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.69
Title
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/205288

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Deep black stone
Dimensions
18.1 x 4.9 x 0.2 cm (7 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1/16 in.)
unspecified: 32 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. 206 by Max Loehr:

206 Thin Trapezoidal Blade
Deep black stone, olive-brown in color where the light shines through—as along the extremely thin, widening left edge, which is sharpened. The curved lower edge is blunt. Near the right side, which appears to have been broken and reground, is a slightly conical perforation. Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.69
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. 206, p. 161

Verification Level

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