• Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment

Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment

Classification
Ceremonial Object
Maker(s)
Artist: Longshan culture 龍山 (ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE)
Historical period(s)
Late Neolithic period, ca. 2000-1700 BCE
Object Date
ca. 2000-1700 BCE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
H x W x D: 49.4 x 17.2 x 0.6 cm (19 7/16 x 6 3/4 x 1/4 in)
Origin
China
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Lorentz
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1983.3a-c
笏(殘損)
新石器時代晚期(公元前5000--1700年)
中國
軟玉
高17.2、寬49.4、厚0.6釐米
帕爾·羅倫玆夫人贈送
器物編號:F1983.3
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)
Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970)
Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1913-2001)
Description
Fashioned of tannish green stone with irregularly shaped, multicolored flecks throughout, the blade is highly polished on both surfaces. The blade, which has been reworked at one upper corner, has an otherwise straight back. Both of the oblique, shorter edges are straight. The curved cutting edge is beveled on both sides and is marked by irregular indentations that appear to have resulted from hard wear. Four large conical perforations appear along the upper edge of the blade. A fifth hole, also conical and drilled from the same side as the other four, is still visible in the reworked portion of the upper corner. A sixth, smaller conical perforation, drilled from the opposite side, occurs on the horizontal axis in the smaller portion of the blade.

Acquired with an inscribed box.
Curatorial Remarks
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