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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.67
Title
Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved Shoulders
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ko
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
dagger-axe
Date
16th 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/205286

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Creamy white nephrite, clouded with light gray, beginning to decompose at the now blunted point of the blade
Dimensions
21.2 x 6.2 x 0.3 cm (8 3/8 x 2 7/16 x 1/8 in.)
unspecified: 72 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. 57 by Max Loehr:

57 Dagger-Axe with Grooved Shoulders
Creamy white jade, clouded with light gray, beginning to decompose at the the now blunted point of the blade. The distinguishing feature is the elaboration of the edges at the base of the blade, carved in the shape of small, fin-like paired ridges separated by grooves. A small drill-hole is placed between these ornaments. The tang is atypically short and chamfered at the upper corner. Shang,

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.67
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. 57, p. 68
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 122, 124, fig. 2

Verification Level

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