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Straight chisel (<em>gui</em> 圭) by Charles Lang Freer, Wenqing Li — VisualArtsDB

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Straight chisel (<em>gui</em> 圭)

Straight chisel (<em>gui</em> 圭)

Straight chisel (<em>gui</em> 圭)

Charles Lang Freer Wenqing Li

1000

Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Genre: Ceremonial object
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Ceremonial Object

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nephriteChinese ArtjadeArtLate Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)Charles Lang Freer collection

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