Title: Ceremonial blade (fragment)
Object type: Fragment
Date: 2000–1500 BCE
Culture: China, possibly Turkestan
Period: Neolithic period–Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Medium: Nephrite
Dimensions: H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Th. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Classification: Jade
Credit line: Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY