Chinese jade ceremonial blade

An image of Blade, Ceremonial. Mottled green with light brown areas. This blade combines the forms of both a knife and a tablet. It is long and comparatively narrow, with a straight upper edge and a curved lower one. A hole was drilled from one side near the short end. It is relatively thick and substantial and highly polished. Nephrite, length 33.7 cm, width 5.9 cm, 2100-1600 B.C. Chinese.

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Blade, Ceremonial. Mottled green with light brown areas. This blade combines the forms of both a knife and a tablet. It is long and comparatively narrow, with a straight upper edge and a curved lower one. A hole was drilled from one side near the short end. It is relatively thick and substantial and highly polished. Nephrite, length 33.7 cm, width 5.9 cm, 2100-1600 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.50-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 411 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 41.90kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2007:11:10 15:32:49

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blade ceremonial ceremonies Chinese edged weapon Fitz_AA jade nephrite polished weapon

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