Period:Neolithic Period Production date:2000BC-1200BC
Materials:jade, nephrite,
Technique:incised, polished,
Dimensions:Length: 29.70 centimetres
Description:
Sceptre. Made of green jade.
IMG
![图片[1]-sceptre; blade BM-1947-0712.445-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Neolithic Period/Jades/mid_00165953_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-sceptre; blade BM-1947-0712.445-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Neolithic Period/Jades/mid_00298400_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1995:The distribution of this blade type is wide and has excited considerable discussion. In the northern metropolitan regions there are two principal sources: Shandong and Shaanxi, principally the hoard at Shaanxi Shenmu Shimao. Scholars are divided as to which of these two areas was the place of origin of this blade type. A few scholars have even suggested that the shape must refer to a sceptre, perhaps is some other material, such as bone, known in the Laingzhu culture, for some graphs or signs on Liangzhu jades appear to show the blade shape. So far no solution to the conundrum is in sight. Sceptres of this shape, made from a similar black stone, have been excavated from sites in Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces in Western China. Compare 1937.0716.149.
Materials:jade, nephrite,
Technique:incised, polished,
Dimensions:Length: 29.70 centimetres
Description:
Sceptre. Made of green jade.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1995:The distribution of this blade type is wide and has excited considerable discussion. In the northern metropolitan regions there are two principal sources: Shandong and Shaanxi, principally the hoard at Shaanxi Shenmu Shimao. Scholars are divided as to which of these two areas was the place of origin of this blade type. A few scholars have even suggested that the shape must refer to a sceptre, perhaps is some other material, such as bone, known in the Laingzhu culture, for some graphs or signs on Liangzhu jades appear to show the blade shape. So far no solution to the conundrum is in sight. Sceptres of this shape, made from a similar black stone, have been excavated from sites in Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces in Western China. Compare 1937.0716.149.
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