Ritual ImplementsChinese3rd-2nd century BCE

Garment Hook

3rd-2nd century BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Pale green and cream-colored nephrite, partly calcified, but still glossy

Culture

Chinese

Period

Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)

Century

3rd-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

L. 14.4 x D. 3.4 x W. 1.8 cm (5 11/16 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.) Weight 92 g

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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