Ritual ImplementsChinese

Large Jade Dagger-Axe

16th cent. BCE - 10th cent. BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Mottled yellowish and bluish green, strongly translucent nephrite with buff markings

Culture

Chinese

Period

Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

39.8 x 7.5 x 0.5 cm (15 11/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 239 g

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