Axe (fu 斧)

Object Details

• Description

  Light green jade with beige and brown and black specks. Hole for hafting at top edge and to one side. Traces of basketwork. (Two areas where object is rough and degraded. Otherwise intact.)

• Provenance

  To 1966

  Frank Caro, C. T. Loo & Co., New York [1]

  From 1966 to 1987

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased on September 29, 1966 [2]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] F. Caro stockcard no. FC 238 according to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009. Frank Caro, Loo’s associate, acquired C. T. Loo's stock after liquidation of C. T. Loo & Co. in 1950.

  [2] See document provided, copy in object file provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009.

  [3] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

  Frank Caro (1904-1980)

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

• Origin

  China

• Culture

  Longshan culture, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Ceremonial Object

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  BCE 3000s, BCE 1000s

• Name

  Sackler, Arthur M., Caro, Frank, C.T. Loo & Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE), Chinese Art

• Culture

  Longshan culture, Chinese

• Object Type

  Ceremonial objects