CC0 · no rights reserved
Straight chisel (<em>gui</em> 圭)
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Ceremonial implement; chisel shaped object of the type kuei [gui 圭]; long slender form with perforation in the squared handle; edges rounded; broadly beveled at one end; closely mottled cream and light tan; decoration: a band of channeled and incised lines; smooth surface.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStraight chisel (<em>gui</em> 圭). ca. 5000-ca.1700 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
