Ritual ImplementsChinese2nd millennium BCE
Heavy Trapezoidal Jade Knife
Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 - c. 1700 BCE
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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