Ritual ImplementsChinese4th-3rd millennium BCE

Jade Wrist Guard (?)

c. 3500 - c. 2500 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Translucent, pale celadon-green nephrite

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period, Hongshan culture, c. 4500-3000 BCE

Century

4th-3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Length 9.7 x Chord 7.9 x Thickness 0.4 cm (3 13/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.) Weight 83 g

Provenance

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

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