Harvesting knife (<em>hu</em> 笏), fragment
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite)
- Genre
- Ceremonial object
Styles
Tags
nephriteChinese ArtjadeArtLate Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)Charles Lang Freer collection
About
Ceremonial implement; comb shaped blade with one semicircular beveled edge, one straight edge; five conical perforations; semitranslucent; broadly mottled green, cream, and golden tans; circular saw marks. (Broken and mended; irregularities and strata cracks.)