• Harvesting knife (hu 笏)
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏)
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏)
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏)
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏)
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏)
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏)

Harvesting knife (hu 笏)

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: 35.9 x 8.9 x 0.3 cm (14 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 1/8 in)
Origin
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1916.163

新石器時代晚期(公元前5000--1700年)
中國
軟玉
高8.9、寬35.9、厚0.3釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1916.163
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; quadrilateral, thin blade form; slightly curving, very sharp, beveled cutting edge; four conical perforations and a circular depression, the beginning of a fifth perforation; semi–translucent, slate gray with grayish white and tan mottlings and spots; granular pitted area on upper edge. (Blade edge slightly chipped.)

Acquired with a box, now lost.
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