1. Bought from Lai Yuan and Company 來遠公司, New York. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 194.
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Han 漢. See further, S.I. 887, Appendix VII.
3. (Carl Whiting Bishop, 1922) For type, see F1915.108 and F1917.396.
4. (John Ellerton Lodge, 1928) Late Chou [Zhou] 周.
5. (Isabel Ingram Mayer, 1945) Shang 商 dynasty.
6. (Julia K. Murray, 1982) For a general discussion of jade ko [ge] 戈, see Folder Sheet F1917.396.
Miniature jade ko [ge] 戈 like F1916.150 may have been used as pendants (see Folder Sheet F1979.33) and are frequently found in late Shang 商 to early Western Chou [Zhou] 周 burials. The nehprite material of the present example is almost completely altered; the chalky white areas are not accretions as stated in the description, but rather areas of alteration. There are traces of red material, identified as vermilion, adhering in the incised patterns. These patterns are arranged as follows: a band of lozenge shaped motifs above the hole; a band of herring bone patterns crossing the hole; and double incised crenellations on the butt.
7. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 17, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.
8. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 29, 2010) Object name changed from "Miniature blade (ge 戈)" to "Ceremonial object."
10. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 17, 2017) Title changed from "Miniature blade" to "Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment reworked"; Period One changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; Period Two "Anyang period"; Geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; and Date changed from "ca. 1600-1050 BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE".
11. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, February 7, 2019) Added Chinese Translation by Jingmin Zhang.
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