Ritual ImplementsChinese2nd millennium BCE

Slender Jade Axe

c. 2000 BCE - c. 1400 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Fine-grained, buff and dark ocher-colored stone

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period to Shang dynasty

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 13.7 x W. 5.6 x Thickness 0.9 cm (5 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.) Weight 151 g

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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