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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.23
Title
Large Jade Dagger-Axe
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ko
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
dagger-axe
Date
16th-14th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205193

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque, light greyish brown stone with black veins, resembling old wood
Dimensions
H. 48.5 x W. 9.3 x D. 0.6 cm (19 1/8 x 3 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Weight 431 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. 52 by Max Loehr:

52 Large Dagger-Axe
Opaque, light grayish brown stone with black veins, resembling old wood. The blade is crested, the crest continuing to the end of the slightly narrower tang, which has a slanting butt. The edges are unevenly beveled and blunt. A large conical perforation, drilled from the left side, is placed in the upper half of the tang, back of the shoulders. 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
1943.50.23
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. 52, p. 66

Verification Level

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