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Polished gray, green and brown jade spear tip in a bronze shaft with turquoise inlay

Jade Spearhead in a Bronze Socket

Chinese

Mottled green and gray nephrite blade with dark brown markings and with deposits of earth and bronze oxide on both faces; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise

Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE

Ritual Implements