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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
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ClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
ProvenancePurchased in Beijing, China by Okakura Kakuzo, May 1912.
3rd millennium B.C.
18th century
17th or 18th century
18th century
late 3rd millennium B.C.
14th–13th century B.C.
about 2000 B.C.
19th century
2nd century B.C.
late 17th–early 18th century
16th–17th century