Ritual ImplementsChinese5th-3rd century BCE

Jade Disk with Pattern of Plastic Curls

475 BCE - 221 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Buff and opaque nephrite with brown markings

Culture

Chinese

Period

Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE

Century

5th-3rd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

0.5 x 8.7 cm (3/16 x 3 7/16 in.) unspecified: 54 g

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