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Collection Online as of February 1, 2023

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.)

Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1991.6

Location

241A Arts of Ancient China

Citations
Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347. Reproduced: p. 274; Mentioned: p. 275-76 www.jstor.org
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. 1, p. 346, pp. 274-277, repr. p. 274.

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/1991.6