1. Bought from Lai Yuan and Company 來遠公司, New York. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 192. $125.
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. "Ancient." See further, S.I. 880, Appendix VII. (See Paragraph 5.)
3. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.966. Nephrite.
4. (Archibald Gibson Wenley, 1945) Chou [Zhou] 周 dynasty.
5. (H. Elise Buckman, 1964) The Envelope File contained no further information, and has now been destroyed.
6. (Thomas Lawton, 1978) Late Shang 商--early Western Chou [Zhou] 周. This has been sliced from a thicker blade.
7. (Julia K. Murray, 1982) The elongated perforations on F1916.167 are similar to those on a blade excavated at Shih mao [Shimao] 石峁, Shen mu [Shenmu] 神木, Shensi [Shaanxi] 陝西 (Tai Ying-hsin [Dai Yingxin] 戴應新, "Shensi Shen-mu hsien Shih-mao Lung-shan wen-hua i-chih tiao-ch'a [Shaanxi Shenmu xian Shimao Longshan wenhua yizhi diaocha] 陝西神木縣石峁龍山文化遺址調查," K'ao ku [Kaogu] 考古 1977.3, p. 155, fig. 2:3). The side that was sliced has been left unrepolished and a horizontal ridge remains, suggesting that the slicing proceeded from both top and bottom until the cuts met in the center. Hayashi Minao argues that blades were sliced in antiquity to create matching tallies of official authority. (See Hayashi Minao 林巳奈夫, "Chūgoku kodai no ishibōchōkei gyokki to kotsusenkei gyokki 中國古代の石庖丁形玉器と骨鏟形玉器 = Two Types of Prehistorical Chinese Ceremonial Jade Objects: Stone Harvesting Knives and Bone Spades," Tōhō gakuhō 東方學報 54 [1982], pp. 1--81).
For a discussion see F1917.24.
8. (Stephen Allee per Keith Wilson, March 31, 2008) On this date entered: Period One (Late Neolithic period), Date (ca. 2500--2000 BCE), Artist (Qijia 齊家 culture), Title, Object name, Geographical region (Northwest China); plus Dimensions per Christine Lee, from Jade Project Database.
9. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 17, 2008) Ceremonial object added as secondary classification.
10. (Jeffrey Smith per Janet Douglas, May 12, 2010) Nephrite added as modifier to existing medium of "jade" based on conservation analysis.
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