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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