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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.58
Title
Fragment of a Trapezoidal Jade Knife
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
knife
Date
c. 2500 BCE - c. 1900 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205299

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings
Dimensions
H. 40.5 x W. 9.7 x D. 0.4 cm (15 15/16 x 3 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Weight 270 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. 215 by Max Loehr:

215 Fragment of a Trapezoidal Knife
Both the material and the shape of this object link it closely to the preceding No. 214; the blade, however, is much thinner. The slant of the right end is characteristic of the trapezoidal blades, but the strongly sloping left edge has been rudely recut. The stepped bevel above the cutting edge appears only on the upper side, the reverse side being flat, except for a few saw-ledges. The placement of the four perforations is analogous to that of No. 214. Early Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.58
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. 215, p. 167

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