• Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment
  • Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment
  • 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-ca. 1700 BCE
Object Date
ca. 2000-ca. 1700 BCE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
H x W x D: 53.7 × 10.3 × 1 cm (21 1/8 × 4 1/16 × 3/8 in)
Origin
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1916.490
笏(殘損)
新石器時代晚期(公元前5000--1700年)
中國
軟玉
高10.3、寬53.7、厚1釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1916.490
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (C.L. Freer source) (late 19th-early 20th century)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Description
Large cleaver shaped object of the type kuei [gui] 圭; one long, beveled cutting edge; three conical perforations near upper edge; handle end notched on sides and sharply pointed, opposite end is diagonal; mottled gray and putty colored with cream strata marks, dark cloudings, and reddish brown area near handle; lustrous surface. (Old chips and rough areas.)

Acquired with a box, now lost.
Past label text
Curatorial Remarks
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