• 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: 29.6 x 7.5 x 0.3 cm (11 5/8 x 2 15/16 x 1/8 in)
Origin
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1916.167

新石器時代晚期(公元前5000--1700年)
中國西北
軟玉
高7.5、寬29.6、厚0.3釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1916.167
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
Thin knife blade with one cutting edge of the type hu 笏; blade beveled and sharpened; three oblong, longitudinal perforations near upper edge; reverse cut in two planes; semi-translucent, mottled yellowish gray with dark gray areas and black spots; satin smooth surface, some granular pitted areas. (Edge slightly chipped.)

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