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KUEI (PLAN CARVING WITH POINTED END)
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Jade Disk Segment with Acentric Perforation
Unknown Artist, c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Pale green nephrite with russet markings and a dark brown spot
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Cicada in the Round
Unknown Artist, 3rd century BCE
Highly polished, translucent yellowish and opaque cream-colored nephrite
3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Socketed Finial in the Form of a Bird (One of a Pair)
Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE
Gilt bronze with crystal inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Ring with Concave Wall
Unknown Artist, c. 3300 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Cream-colored and russet stone with dark brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
SMALL TUBE
Unknown Artist, 20th century
Stone
20th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Heavy, Long Jade Chisel
Unknown Artist, Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 - c. 1700 BCE
Mottled dark brown and deep olive-green, fine-grained stone
2nd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Small Jade 'Cong' Ritual Implement
Unknown Artist
Dark brown stone
ChineseRitual Implements
Fragment of a Small Jade 'Cong' (one of two)
Unknown Artist, c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 11th cent. BCE
Translucent, light olive-green and ivory-colored, partly calcified nephrite
16th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Miniature Flat Jade Axe with Notches
Unknown Artist, 16th-11th century BCE
Brownish green nephrite
16th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Dagger-Axe in a Bronze Haft
Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Mottled light gray and whitish opaque nephrite blade; bronze haft
16th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Disk-Axe
Unknown Artist, 12th-11th century BCE
Opaque, ivory-colored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Ring
Unknown Artist, c. 3300 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Light bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese