Ceremonial Axe (Fu)
A flat, tapering blade of greenish nephrite jade, narrow at the top and widening to a rounded cutting edge at the base. A single small hole is drilled near the upper end, and the surface shows pale mottling and a long hairline crack running down the center. The plain gray backdrop isolates the object.
Look closer: A long hairline crack runs down the center of the blade, with a small pale break near the middle.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1900–1500 BCE
- Medium
- jade (nephrite)
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2330 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -1490).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of J. E. Eskenazi (Limited), London