Ritual ImplementsChinese

Rabbit Figure Cut from a Jade Disk Segment

16th-8th century BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Opaque, bone-colored and dark olive-green jade with traces of a dull reddish pigment

Culture

Chinese

Period

Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 8.5 x W. 2.5 x D. 0.8 cm (3 3/8 x 1 x 5/16 in.) Weight 53 g

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