Dagger Ax
Original Language TitleKo
Original Language TitleGe
CultureChinese
Dateca. 1200 B.C.E.
MediumBronze handle inlaid with turquoise and jade blade
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (7.3 × 17.46 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-239
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DescriptionShort black jade blade; handle of bronze inlaid with turquoise. Encrusted green patina. Blade broken and point re-cut.ProvenanceT'ang Hsiao Wu or Tung I Hang, Peking (modern-day Beijing), China, by April 30, 1934;
Purchased from T'ang Hsiao Wu or Tung I Hang, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] Nelson-Atkins purchasing documents record T'ang Hsiao Wu's address as Teng Shih Keo. On some documents related to this object, the vendor is listed as Tung I Hang, located at Ch'un Hsiu Hutung. It is currently unknown if, or how, the two may be related. Sickman's purchase record, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Files, box 1a, Art Invoices/Vouchers 1934; MSS001 Laurence Sickman Papers, box 10, folder 4; and Sickman Miscellaneous, box 3, folder Shipping 1934.
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