Object Title
Spearhead (mao)
Measurements
7-3/4 x 2-1/16 x 1-1/16 in. (19.69 x 5.24 x 2.7 cm)
Creation Date
Late 13th century BCE
Credit Line
The Friends of Bruce Dayton Art Acquisition Fund
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Before beginning of Tang dynasty 618 CE
Provenance Information
Estate of Professor Max Loehr (1903-1988). The spearhead was reportedly acquired in Beijing in the 1930s and brought to the United States by Prof. Loehr in 1949.
Exhibition Information
Unknown
Publication Information
Published in J.J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, no.111
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Provenance states object was acquired in Beijing in the 1930s and brought to the US in 1949.