Tablet shaped ceremonial blade  - Pale green translucent jade with russet glaze and infusion.
- Blade tapers slightly along the length, ie sligltly lenticular in cross-section.
- Also thickens gradually from the top to the 'cutting edge'.
- Jade has a wrinkled skin with a white sheen from calcification.
- Hole drilled fron one side only.
- This piece has been beautifully prepared; only the lower edge of the cutting face reveals much aging.
- 22.5 x 7.51 x .79 cm
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