• 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: Erlitou culture 二里頭 (ca. 2000-1600 BCE)
Historical period(s)
Late Neolithic period, ca. 2000-ca. 1600 BCE
Object Date
ca. 2000-ca. 1600 BCE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
H x W x D: 8.8 × 33.3 × 0.8 cm (3 7/16 × 13 1/8 × 5/16 in)
Origin
China, probably Henan province
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1919.60
笏(殘損)
新石器時代晚期二里頭文化(公元前2000--1600年)
中國
軟玉
高8.8、寬33.3、厚0.8釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1919.60
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Description
Tablet, in long narrow trapezoidal form, a fragment of a larger original. Single bevel on one face; double bevel on the other. Type hu. Two perforations. (Color: dull olive green, slightly mottled, and with grayish areas of incipient disintegration. Decoration incised. Textile impression on both sides.)

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