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Jade Collared Disk

c. 1600 - 771 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Ivory-colored nephrite with creamy yellow markings and signs of calcification

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

Diameter 16.1 x Thickness of collar 0.6 cm x Thickness 0.4 (6 5/16 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.) Weight 202 g

Provenance

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

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