id:			156131
accession number:	1991.6
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.6
updated:		2025-02-09 04:47:05.498000

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
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. 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." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>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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