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Knife blade (dao)

2nd millennium B.C.
Medium/TechniqueNephrite jade
Dimensions58 cm (22 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Barbara Deering Danielson
Accession number1982.653
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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
Plaque
early 3rd millennium B.C.
17th or 18th century
Ceremonial blade (zhang)
about 1200–1000 B.C.