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Serpentine Knife
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Serpentine Knife

Artist Unknown Chinese Artist
DateWarring States Period (c. 475-221 BCE)
Made/manufacturedChina, Asia
MediumJade
Dimensions1 1/8 x 7 5/8 x 1/4 in. (2.9 x 19.4 x 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.308
Collections
DescriptionCarved as a long slender blade of slightly curved outline tapering in thickness towards the tip and the cutting edge from an upper, and thicker, flat edge which is a continuation of the narrow, beveled handle, fitted at its end with a short similar section set at the base of a slight saddle with raised edges from which issues a faceted oval ring, the blade now altered from burial to an opaque pale and dark mottled gray with a few translucent buff patches remaining, the ring section somewhat opaque and of buff color
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