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Collection Online as of February 5, 2023

Ceremonial Axe (Fu)

c. 1900–1500 BC

China, Erlitou Culture

(c. 1900-1500 BC)

Jade (nephrite)

Overall: 10.5 x 0.5 cm (4 1/8 x 3/16 in.)

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of J. E. Eskenazi (Limited), London 1991.115

Location

241A Arts of Ancient China

Fun Fact

This ceremonial axe is made of carefully worked jade rather than metal.

Exhibition history

CMA 1994: Asian Autumn: "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions," cat., Bull., vol. 81, no. 8 (Oct. 1994) cat. no. 4, p. 346

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.115