Ritual ImplementsChinese3rd millennium BCE

Jade Chisel

c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Light gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period, Longshan culture, c. 3000-1900 BCE

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 20.4 x W. 5.3 x Thickness 0.9 cm (8 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 3/8 in.) Weight 184 g

Provenance

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

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