A RARE OPAQUE BLACKISH JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE, ZHANG
LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, CIRCA 2000 BC
A RARE OPAQUE BLACKISH JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE, ZHANG LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, CIRCA 2000 BC The long, thinly carved blade of gently waisted outline tapering from the two projecting flanges ( lan ) towards the very thin, curved end, the tang drilled with a hole from one side and beveled on one side of the end, with a long cutting mark on one side, the stone smoothly polished and with some surface accretions 14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) long
A RARE OPAQUE BLACKISH JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE, ZHANG
LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, CIRCA 2000 BC
A RARE OPAQUE BLACKISH JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE, ZHANG LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, CIRCA 2000 BC The long, thinly carved blade of gently waisted outline tapering from the two projecting flanges ( lan ) towards the very thin, curved end, the tang drilled with a hole from one side and beveled on one side of the end, with a long cutting mark on one side, the stone smoothly polished and with some surface accretions 14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) long
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