Jade Disk-Axe
Ritual ImplementsChinese

Jade Disk-Axe

16th cent. BCE - 10th cent. BCE

Classification
Ritual Implements
Medium
Partly translucent, greenish and brownish nephrite with advanced calcification
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

8.7 x 7 x 0.5 cm (3 7/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 47 g

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