Trapezoidal Jade Plaque with Zoomorphous Ornament
-1400–-1000
- Medium
- Mottled greenish and light brown nephrite, with red stains on one side
- Dimensions
- H. 6.4 x W. 5.5 x Thickness 0.9 cm (2 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.) Weight 67 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.