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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.81
Title
Small Jade Dagger-Axe
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ko
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
dagger-axe
Date
12th cent. BCE - 10th 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/204949

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque, creamy buff nephrite, the surface of which is polished perfectly smooth and shiny
Dimensions
13.3 x 5.2 x 0.4 cm (5 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
48 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. 63 by Max Loehr:

63 Small Dagger-Axe
Opaque, creamy buff jade, the surface of which is polished perfectly smooth and shiny. The blade is hollow-ground between its median crest and the lateral facets; the facets continue across the butt and curve outwards at the tip. A small conical hole drilled from the right side is placed immediately back of the tiny shoulder recesses. Shang,

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.81
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. 63, p. 71

Exhibition History

  • S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008

Verification Level

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