Ritual ImplementsChinese

Asymmetrical Jade Knife

770 BCE - 221 BCE (?)

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Green and black nephrite

Culture

Chinese

Period

Zhou dynasty, Eastern Zhou period, 770-256 BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

36.5 x 7.3 x 0.5 cm (14 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 253 g

Related Artworks

Ritual Implements

Slender Rectangular Jade Knife

Unknown Artist, Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Olive-green and brownish nephrite

3rd millennium BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Ornate Jade Disk

Unknown Artist, 206 BCE - 9 CE

Barely translucent, brownish green and russet stone

3rd century BCE-1st century CEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Scabbard Buckle

Unknown Artist, 3rd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE

Yellowish gray translucent nephrite with signs of incipient calcification

3rd-1st century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Serrate Jade Disk

Unknown Artist, 770 - 476 BCE

Originally translucent, soft green nephrite now partially calcified to an opaque ivory color

8th-5th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Small, Decorated Jade Cylinder (one of a pair)

Unknown Artist, early 8th-3rd century BCE

Greenish yellow nephrite

Chinese

Ritual Implements

PENDANT(IN SHAPE OF WING DRAGON)

Stone

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

Blackish nephrite

2nd millennium BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Gold Garment Hook with Inset Jade Dragon

Unknown Artist, 4th-3rd century BCE

Gold with translucent, light gray nephrite and glass inlays

4th-3rd century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Short Jade Garment Hook

Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE

Translucent light gray nephrite with brownish markings

5th-3rd century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Notched, Serrate Jade Disk

Unknown Artist, c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Translucent, evenly gray-green nephrite

3rd millennium BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Bird with a Long Plume

Unknown Artist, possibly 1100 - 771 BCE

Translucent, pale gray-green nephrite with black speckles

11th-8th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Belt Hook

Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE

Variegated olive-greenish, translucent nephrite with opaque, bone-colored areas

5th-3rd century BCEChinese