Ritual ImplementsChinese3rd-1st century BCE
Plain Quadrangular Jade Belt or Shroud Plaque (one from a set of six)
206 BCE - 9 CE
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Unknown Artist, 206 BCE - 220 CE (?)
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Unknown Artist, possibly 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Light bluish gray translucent nephrite
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Unknown Artist, 4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE
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Unknown Artist, 6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE
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Unknown Artist, possibly 1100 - 771 BCE
Slightly translucent, yellowish gray alabaster
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Unknown Artist, possibly Dawenkou culture, c. 4300 - c. 2500 BCE
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Unknown Artist, 19th century
Stone, silver, cotton
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