Jade Recumbent Buffalo in Low Relief
-1200–-1000
- Medium
- Mottled pale green and whitish nephrite, with traces of red pigment
- Dimensions
- H. 3.7 x W. 4.8 x Thickness 0.5 cm (1 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 3/16 in.) Weight 18 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.