Trapezoidal Jade Knife | Harvard Art Museums

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

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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. 206, p. 161

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