Ceremonial blade

Unknown Artist

first half 2nd millennium BCE

Ceremonial blade by Unknown Artist

Medium

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions

H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)

Classification

Jade

Culture & Period

China · Neolithic to Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 B.C.)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1923

Accession Number

23.183.6

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