12th-11th century BCE
L. 30.0 x W. 6.1 x Thickness 0.7 cm (11 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in.) Weight 482 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Opaque grayish yellow stone with brownish veins and black areas
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1st millennium CEChinese