Ceremonial Disk-Axe (Yue)
c. 4700–2920 BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Ceremonial Disk-Axe (Yue), c. 4700–2920 BC. Northeast China, Neolithic period, Hongshan Culture (4700-2920 BC). Serpentine stone; overall: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1991.6
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jade
- Formatted Medium
- serpentine stone
- Medium
- serpentine, stone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1991.6
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions, 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.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241A Arts of Ancient China
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