Title: Ceremonial blade (fragment)
Object type: Fragment
Date: 2000–1500 BCE
Culture: China
Period: Neolithic period–Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Medium: Nephrite
Dimensions: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm); W. 4 in. (10.1 cm); D. 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification: Jade
Credit line: Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY