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

Rights

Public Domain