Jade Buffalo in the Round
-1200–-1000
- Medium
- Deep sea-green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite, carved in the round
- Dimensions
- H. 2.9 x W. 4.8 x D. 2.3 cm (1 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.) Weight 52 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.