Date: Xia (21^st-16^th century BCE)

Dimensions: Length 34.8 cm, Width 6.0 cm, Thickness 0.8 cm

Material: Jade

• Object Type：
  • JADE
• Location：
  • Ancient Chinese Jade Gallery
• Tag：
  • zhang blade ceremonial weapon xia jade

Zhang blade, as a ceremonial weapon and a symbol of its owner's supreme power and identity, may have an association with mountain worship. Black jade, or xuanyu as named in pre-Qin documents, once took pride of place in the Central Plain and the west of China.