Slender Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved and Crenelated Tang
-1200–-900
- Medium
- Yellowish-buff nephrite with sparse whitish and terracotta-colored markings
- Dimensions
- L. 25.5 x W. 4.2 x Thickness 0.4 cm (10 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/16 in.) Weight 66 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.