Jade Dagger-Axe with a Long Tang | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.2
Title: Jade Dagger-Axe with a Long Tang
Other Titles: Alternate Title: ko
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: dagger-axe
Date: 16th-11th century BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205077

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Opaque, greenish gray and buff stone with a smooth, matt surface
Dimensions: L. 26.5 x W. 7.2 x Thickness 0.5 cm (10 7/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 137 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. 28 by Max Loehr:

28 Dagger-Axe with a Long Tang
Opaque, greenish gray and buff stone with a smooth, matt surface. The relatively short blade has a median crest, which extends into the long tang. The edges of the sharp-pointed blade are beveled, the lower edge being slightly concave. A steep conical perforation is placed in the middle of the tang, close to the base of the blade. Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.2

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 (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 28, p. 54

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