id:			151358
accession number:	1983.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.2
updated:		2021-10-19 09:00:41.979000

Ceremonial Dagger-Axe with Animal Masks (Ge), c. 1600-1050 BC. China, Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC). Jade (nephrite); overall: 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.2

title:				Ceremonial Dagger-Axe with Animal Masks (Ge)
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creation date:			c. 1600-1050 BC
creation date earliest:		-1610
creation date latest:		-1040
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC)
technique:	jade (nephrite)
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Shang Dynasty
type:		Jade
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measurements: Overall: 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1983
	opening date:   1984-02-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD:  Chinese Art from the Ferris Luboshez Collection, 23 March-30 April, 1972<br>CMA 1984:  "Year in Review 1983." Bull., LXXI (Feb. 1984), p. 77, no. 241, repr. p. 66

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PROVENANCE

	Ferris Luboshez
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wilson, J. Keith. "Lithic Art in the Bronze Age: A Jade Dagger-Axe." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 1 (1990): 2-35.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cover
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160102

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20

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