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accession number:	2009.83
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Ceremonial Blade with Three Perforations (Dao), 2000–1700 BCE. Northwest China, Neolithic period to Bronze Age, Qijia culture (2000–1700 BCE). Jade (nephrite); overall: 35.2 cm (13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 2009.83

title:				Ceremonial Blade with Three Perforations (Dao)
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creation date:			2000–1700 BCE
creation date earliest:		-2000
creation date latest:		-1700
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture:	Northwest China, Neolithic period to Bronze Age, Qijia culture (2000–1700 BCE)
technique:	jade (nephrite)
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Neolithic
type:		Jade
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measurements: Overall: 35.2 cm (13 7/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Dredrich-Abbes Collection, ?-1959
	date: ?-1959
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	Dr. Arthur M. Sackler Collection, 1959-2009, consigned for sale at Christie's New York
	date: 1959-2009
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	(Fine Chinese Art from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Christie's New York, NY, 18 March 2009, sale 2268, lot 275, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art).
	date: 2009
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2009-present
	date: 2009-
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CITATIONS

	Loehr, Max and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber. <em>Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University: [Exhibited ... January 22-March 18, 1975]</em>. Cambridge, Mass: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1975.
	page number: 	cat. no 207, p. 162
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	Shaanxi Sheng kao gu yan jiu suo, and Yulin Shi wen wu bao hu yan jiu suo 陕西省考古硏究所, 榆林市文物保护研究所.<em> Shen mu xin hua </em>神木新华. Beijing: Ke xue chu ban she, 2005.
	page number: 	pp. 114-115
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	Christie's New York, NY. <em>Fine Chinese Art from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections</em>. Sale 2286.18 March 2009. Lot no. 275.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: lot no. 275 pp.4 and 42
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