Small Jade Dagger-Axe with Serrated and Grooved Tang
-1200–-1000
- Medium
- Greenish-yellow nephrite with light brown spots and traces of cinnabar on the surface
- Dimensions
- L. 15.7 x W. 5.3 x Thickness 0.3 cm (6 3/16 x 2 1/16 x 1/8 in.) Weight 45 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.