• 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: 49.2 x 8.4 x 0.5 cm (19 3/8 x 3 5/16 x 3/16 in)
Origin
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1916.160
笏(殘損)
新石器時代晚期(公元前5000--1700年)
中國西北
软玉
高49.2、寬8.4、厚0.5釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1916.160
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
Lai-Yuan & Company (C.L. Freer source) (ca. 1915-April 1921)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Description
Ceremonial implement; long, very thin blade form with sharp, beveled cutting edge; niched handle with perforation drilled from one side and cap shaped end; four circular perforations near upper edge drilled from another side; irregular cutting on one surface; translucent, light green with cloudy tan strata and scattered silvery incrustations and markings; high luster. (Break on upper edge, rough granular chips, blade edge minutely chipped.)

Acquired with a box, now lost.
Curatorial Remarks
Published References
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