A Liangzhu-style jade blade, Neolithic - Shang dynasty | 新石器時代至商 玉戈

A Liangzhu-style jade blade

Neolithic - Shang dynasty 

新石器時代至商 玉戈

of elongated oval shape terminating in a point at one end and at a narrow tang at the other, the broad surface thinning to gently beveled edges, pierced with a small aperture near the center of the body, the stone of a mottled caramel-brown color

Length 6 in., 15.2 cm