Jade Figure of a Kneeling Man
-1200–-1000
- Medium
- Calcified, bone-colored nephrite
- Dimensions
- H. 4.3 x W. 2.8 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.) Weight 54 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.