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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.467.D
Title
Miniature Notched Jade Axe
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
axe
Date
14th-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/204778

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Strongly calcified and partly decomposed nephrite
Dimensions
H. 3 x W. 2.8 x D. 0.2 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Weight 4 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. 20 by Max Loehr:

20 Two Miniature Notched Axes
Asymmetrically cut, thin blades of strongly calcified, partly decomposed jade, whose original color shows in an olive-brown streak on one of them. Although the blades are dissimilar in size and shape, both are decorated with lateral notches and perforated below the neck. Cinnabar and earth adhere to both pieces. Late Shang or 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
1943.50.467.D
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. 20a, p. 49

Verification Level

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