National Museum of Asian Art
Forked blade (<em>zhang</em> 璋)
ca. 1600-1400 BCE
Ceremonial implement of the type kuei [gui] 圭; opaque, moss green with minute silvery specks and scattered light tan strata marks; area of mottled grayish brown decomposition at handle and a blue green streak at conical perforations; smoothed depressions near each end on one side; upper corner chamfered. (Handle and corner chipped.)
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