Asymmetrical Jade Knife | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.49
Title: Asymmetrical Jade Knife
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: knife
Date: 12th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205277

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Mottled gray-green and russet stone
Dimensions: 40.5 x 7.5 x 0.6 cm (15 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 384 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. 340 by Max Loehr:

340 Asymmetrical Knife
Mottled gray-green and russet stone blade with straight edges; the blade narrows in width toward the right edge. The back is thin; the thickness of the blade is greatest above the strongly beveled cutting edge. Two wide perforations along the back are drilled from the upper side. Saw marks at the left edge. Eastern Chou or Han(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.49

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. 340, p. 228

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