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Ornament of a mythical creature

10th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueNephrite
Dimensions4.1 x .3 x 7.1 cm (1 5/8 x 1/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund and Gift of Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number28.75
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
Blade (zhang)
12th century B.C.
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
Ceremonial blade (zhang)
about 1200–1000 B.C.
Knife blade (dao)
2nd millennium B.C.
Axe
12th–11th century B.C.