Covered Jade Cup with Gilt Bronze Fitting Decorated with Three Felines and Three Crested Birds
2nd-1st centuries BCE
Dimensions
H. 7.7 x Diam. 11.2 cm (3 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.) Weight 543 g
Provenance
[C. T. Loo & Co., New York, January 23, 1933] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1933-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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