Title: Ceremonial blade
Object type: Blade
Date: first half 2nd millennium BCE
Culture: China
Period: Neolithic period–Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions: H. 2 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Classification: Jade
Credit line: Roger Fund, 1923
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY