Ritual ImplementsChinese6th-5th century BCE
Ornamental Jade Belt Plaque (one from a set of twelve)
6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE
Related Artworks
View MoreRitual Implements
Triangular Jade Plaque Shaped as a Bird (from a set of five plaques)
Unknown Artist, possibly 1100 - 771 BCE
Buff, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
SMALL PI
Unknown Artist, 20th century
Stone
20th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Heavy Jade Axe
Unknown Artist, c. 3300 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Grayish green stone with light gray veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Axe-Shaped Tablet
Unknown Artist, late 19th - early 20th century
Gray translucent nephrite with russet veins and markings
19th-20th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Flat Jade Tablet Combining Anthropomorphic Figure and Animal Heads
Unknown Artist, c. 1100 - 771 BCE
Mottled light green and whitish nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Axe-Shaped Jade Tablet
Unknown Artist, c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Variegated light brown nephrite
4th-2nd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Small, Heavy Jade Ring-Disk
Unknown Artist, c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 14th cent. BCE
Whitish green nephrite with markings and a short, dark vein; traces of cinnabar
16th-14th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Thin Trapezoidal Jade Knife with a Cutout
Unknown Artist, c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Black and blackish green stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Miniature Jade Dagger-Axe
Unknown Artist, 16th-11th century BCE
Calcified, opaque white nephrite with small patches of cinnabar adhering
16th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Dagger-Axe with Stepped Tang
Unknown Artist, 14th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Opaque buff nephrite with bluish green spots
14th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Finial in the Form of Two Addorsed Dragon Heads (for a ceremonial staff)
Unknown Artist, 11th century
Medium-brown lacquer over carved wood
11th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Wooden Hand Drum with Tassel
Unknown Artist, 19th century
Wood covered with leather; cloth tassel
19th centuryTibetan