Title: Ceremonial Blade
Object type: Ceremonial blade
Date: 2nd millennium BCE
Culture: China
Period: Neolithic period–Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions: W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); L. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Classification: Jade
Credit line: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY