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An ivory colored dagger blade of carved jade

Slender Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved and Crenelated Tang

Chinese

Yellowish-buff nephrite with sparse whitish and terracotta-colored markings

Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)

Ritual Implements