Ritual ImplementsChinese4th-3rd millennium BCE

Jade Slit Disk (Jue)

c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Calcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period

Century

4th-3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

0.4 x 6 cm (3/16 x 2 3/8 in.) unspecified: 23 g

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