Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment
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Creative CommonsAt A Glance
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Period
ca. 2000-1700 BCE -
Geography
China -
Material
Jade (nephrite) -
Dimension
H x W x D: 49.2 x 8.4 x 0.5 cm (19 3/8 x 3 5/16 x 3/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1916.160 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1916.160
Object Details
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Description
Ceremonial implement; long, very thin blade form with sharp, beveled cutting edge; niched handle with perforation drilled from one side and cap shaped end; four circular perforations near upper edge drilled from another side; irregular cutting on one surface; translucent, light green with cloudy tan strata and scattered silvery incrustations and markings; high luster. (Break on upper edge, rough granular chips, blade edge minutely chipped.)Acquired with a box, now lost. -
Provenance
To 1916Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]From 1916 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1916 [2]From 1920The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 873, pg. 188, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
China -
Culture
Longshan culture, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Ceremonial Object -
Restrictions and Rights
CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
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