Trapezoidal Jade Knife
Neolithic or Shang period, c. 2000 - c. 1600 BCE
Dimensions
H. 42.2 x W. 6 x Thickness 0.8 cm (16 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 5/16 in.) Weight 428 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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