Ritual ImplementsChinese2nd millennium BCE

Heavy Trapezoidal Jade Knife

Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 - c. 1700 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Black nephrite with very faint markings

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

L. 51.4 x W. 7.8 x Thickness 0.9 cm (20 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 3/8 in.) Weight 741 g

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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