Jade Arc-Shaped Dragon
-1600–-1000
- Medium
- Translucent yellowish nephrite cut from a fragment of a narrow disk
- Dimensions
- W. 1.7 x L. 6.2 x Thickness 0.3 cm (11/16 x 2 7/16 x 1/8 in.) Weight 7 g
- Genre
- Ritual implements
Tags
Chinese
About
The Shang refined Neolithic jade-making practices, fashioning ritual blades and implements of even greater sophistication than those of their predecessors, incorporating jade blades into turquoise-inlaid bronze hafts, and expanding their jade repertoire into representational shapes of humans and animals.