Title: Ceremonial blade
Object type: Blade
Date: 2nd millennium BCE
Culture: China
Period: Neolithic period–Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions: W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); L. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm); D. 1/4 in. (.6 cm)
Classification: Jade
Credit line: Gift of George Coe Graves, 1930
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY