Ceremonial blade (fragment)

Medium

Nephrite

Dimensions

H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Th. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

Classification

Jade

Culture & Period

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

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902

Accession Number

02.18.94