Jade Semicircular Fish Figure
-1200–-1000
- Medium
- Translucent, deep celadon-green nephrite
- Dimensions
- L. 9.5 x W. 1.6 x Thickness 0.3 cm (3 3/4 x 5/8 x 1/8 in.) Weight 15 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.