id: 156131
accession number: 1991.6
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Ceremonial Disk-Axe (Yue), c. 4700–2920 BCE. Northeast China, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture (4700–2920 BCE). Serpentine stone; overall: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1991.6
title: Ceremonial Disk-Axe (Yue)
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creation date: c. 4700–2920 BCE
creation date earliest: -4710
creation date latest: -2910
current location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture: Northeast China, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture (4700–2920 BCE)
technique: serpentine stone
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Neolithic
type: Jade
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measurements: Overall: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
opening date: 1994-10-18T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA 1994: Asian Autumn: "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland\'s Recent Chinese Acquisitions," cat., Bull., vol. 81, no. 8 (Oct. 1994) cat. no. 1, p. 346, pp. 274-277, repr. p. 274.', 'opening_date': '1994-10-01T00:00:00'}
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CITATIONS
Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347.
page number: Reproduced: p. 274; Mentioned: p. 275-76
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465
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