Heavy Jade Dagger-Axe with Serrate Tang
-1200–-900
- Medium
- Gray-green nephrite with lighter markings; some reddish earth and cinnabar remain on the left side
- Dimensions
- L. 34.2 x W. 8 x Thickness 0.9 cm (13 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/8 in.) Weight 370 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.