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Jade Ritual Blade

Jade Ritual Blade

Chinese

Mottled reddish brown nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan

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

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