Detail View: The AMICA Library: Blade

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1950.319
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Dates/Places: 
Chinese Asia,East Asia,China
Creator Name-CRT: 
Anonymous
Title: 
Blade
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
front view
Creation Date: 
Late Neolithic period or early Shang dynasty, 1st half of 2ndmillennium B.C.
Creation Start Date: 
-1500
Creation End Date: 
-1000
Materials and Techniques: 
Symbol of rank, scepter-shape Greenish black jade, dark veins
Classification Term: 
Jade
Creation Place: 
Asia,East Asia,China
Dimensions: 
32.4 x 10.8 x .3 cm.12 3/4" total length; 4 1/4" greatest width; 1/8" average thickness
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1950.319
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E35548.TIF