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Blade (zhang)

12th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueDark green nephrite jade
Dimensions32.6 x 7.7 cm (12 13/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.907
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
ProvenancePurchased in Beijing, China by Okakura Kakuzo, May 1912.
17th or 18th century
Short Ritual Implement (Yue)
late 3rd millennium B.C.
Round Ritual Implement (Bi)
14th–13th century B.C.
Axe with one perforation (Gui)
Unknown Chinese
10th century B.C.
Circular Disk (Bi)
1st century B.C.
Sounding Stone: Qing
Late 17th century
Knife blade (dao)
2nd millennium B.C.
Plaque
early 3rd millennium B.C.
Circular Disk
10th century B.C.