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Summary
Ceremonial Blade with Three Perforations (Dao)
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| Title |
Ceremonial Blade with Three Perforations (Dao) |
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| Description |
This impressive blade combines the beauty of material, precision of geometry, and mastery of technique. The fine polish, silken sheen, and extreme thinness (only 2 mm thick) make it an outstanding example of meticulous workmanship in ancient jade craft. Recent recoveries of similar blades from a pit of a Qijia cultural site located in northwest China reveal that they were originally standing on their edges and were arranged in parallel formations at the ritual ground. |
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| Date | -2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Jade (nephrite) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 35.2 cm (13 7/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese Art |
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| Accession number |
2009.83 |
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| Place of creation | Northwest China, late Neolithic period to early Bronze Age, Qijia culture (2000-1700 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Severance and Greta Millikin Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 07:57, 22 January 2019 | | 3,400 × 1,297 (2.58 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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