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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.116
Title
Slender Jade Dagger-Axe
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ko
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
dagger-axe
Date
16th-8th 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/205134

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mottled greenish gray nephrite with light markings and signs of incipient calcification
Dimensions
H. 36 x W. 5.7 x D. 0.5 cm (14 3/16 x 2 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 164 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. 61 by Max Loehr:

61 Slendar Dagger-Axe
Mottled greenish gray jade with light markings and signs of incipient calcification. The blade is unusually slender and curves steadily toward its small tip. That the edges are set off by a step from the thicker central part of the blade is another unusual feature. This piece is distinguished further by a very long tang, which has a small hole drilled from the right side. Broken and repaired. Shang or Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.116
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. 61, p. 70
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 122-25, cat. 12B

Verification Level

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