Object Details
- Description
- Blade, flat, rounded end, two small projections near tang, latter pierced; semitranslucent tan-gray, dark, web-like veins. (Minor chips; broken off [old break] at tang end.)
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Credit Line
- Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
- Culture
- Erlitou culture, ca. 2000-1600 BCE
- ca. 2000-ca. 1600 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic period
- Accession Number
- S1987.630
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Ceremonial Object
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 25.3 x 6.8 x 0.3 cm (9 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 1/8 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Jades for Life and Death
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- jade
- nephrite
- Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S1987.630
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c9d93ed2-412b-4091-910c-4ee2af1a3402
