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Ceremonial blade, or zhang
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Details
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- Date
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3000 - 2000 BC
Neolithic Period (China) (c. 10,000 - c. 2000 BC)
Erlitou Period (c. 1900 - c. 1500 BC)
- Material and technique
- jade
- Dimensions
- 29.6 x 5.9 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1647
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 114 on p. 42, illus. p. 42
Location
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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