Jade Disk in Three Segments
-1600–-700
- Medium
- Translucent, light greenish gray nephrite with light brown markings and creamy white calcified streaks
- Dimensions
- ensemble: Diam. 14.5 x Thickness 0.5 cm (5 11/16 x 3/16 in.) Weight 156 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.