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Axe (fu 斧)

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 13.3 x 17.7 x 1.2 cm (5 1/4 x 6 15/16 x 7/16 in); Diam (hole): 4.5 cm (1 13/16 in)

Provenance:: Reportedly excavated at Luoyang, Henan [1]; Duanfang (1861-1911) [2]; To 1919; You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai to 1919 [3]; 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1919 [4]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]; Notes:; [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states: "Said to have been in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang and excavated at Lo-yang, Honan."; [2] See note 1.; [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1418, pg. 335, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.; [4] See note 3.; [5] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Exhibition History:: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing); Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016); Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

Previous custodian or owner:: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911); You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:: jade Search this; Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE) Search this; China Search this; Chinese Art Search this; Charles Lang Freer collection Search this; metasomatic rock Search this