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Axe (fu 斧)

Classification
Ceremonial Object
Maker(s)
Artist: Liangzhu culture 良渚 (ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE)
Historical period(s)
Late Neolithic period, ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Object Date
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
H x W x D: 10 × 12.3 × 0.8 cm (3 15/16 × 4 13/16 × 5/16 in) Diam (hole): 2.2 cm (7/8 in)
Origin
China, Lake Tai region
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1917.66

新石器時代晚期良渚文化(公元前3300--2250年)
中國太湖地區
軟玉
高12.4、寬10.1、厚0.8釐米
孔徑2.2釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1917.66
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
Li Wenqing 李文卿 (C.L. Freer source) (ca. 1869-1931)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Description
Implement; axe head shape, of the type fu 斧 or yueh [yue] 鉞; slightly rounded blade edge, large circular perforation bored from both sides leaving median ridge, semicircular boring with median ridge on upper edge; mottled, translucent, bluish green and russet browns, reverse has profuse earth incrustations. (Corners chipped.)

Acquired with an inscribed box, now lost.

Curatorial Remarks
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