Ritual ImplementsChinese5th-3rd century BCE
Small Jade Dragon with Bird-Headed Tail
475 BCE - 221 BCE
Dimensions
5 x 7.1 x 0.5 cm (1 15/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 21 g
Related Artworks
View MoreRitual Implements
Jade Scabbard Buckle
Unknown Artist, 206 BCE - 9 CE
Translucent, pale greenish jade with cream-colored areas
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Scepter
Unknown Artist, Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 BCE - c. 1700 BCE
Blackish nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Miniature Jade Dagger-Axe ("Ge")
Unknown Artist, c. 1699 BCE -1028 BCE
Nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Quadrilateral Jade Plaque (One of Three)
Unknown Artist, 770 BCE - 476 BCE
Translucent, mottled green nephrite
8th-5th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Arc-Shaped Jade Dragon (one of a pair)
Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE
Light green nephrite with light brown spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Small, Decorated Jade Cylinder (one of a pair)
Unknown Artist, early 8th-3rd century BCE
Greenish yellow nephrite
ChineseRitual Implements
Jade Cylindrical Tube (one of a pair)
Unknown Artist, 3rd century BCE
Greenish white nephrite with sparse, light brown and gray markings
3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Large Jade Dagger-Axe
Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 10th cent. BCE
Mottled yellowish and bluish green, strongly translucent nephrite with buff markings
ChineseRitual Implements
Miniature Jade Turtle in the Round
Unknown Artist, 206 BCE - 220 CE
Soft, jet-black stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseRitual Implements
Fragment of a Jade Scepter
Unknown Artist, Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 BCE - c. 1700 BCE
Blackish nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Axe with Notches
Unknown Artist, 20th century
Stone
20th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Curved Jade Fish Silhouette
Unknown Artist, c. 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Translucent, dark olive-green nephrite with buff speckles
11th-8th century BCEChinese