Handle-shaped jade

Details

• Title

  Handle-shaped jade

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  Erlitou Period (c. 1900 - c. 1500 BC)
  Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 - c. 1050 BC)

• Material and technique

  jade

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › jade

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › ritual jade;

  religious/ritual equipment › funerary equipment;

  component › handle

• Dimensions

  10.3 x 2 x 1.2 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1649

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