Ritual ImplementsChinese3rd-1st century BCE

Jade Pommel of a Sword

3rd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Pale brownish green and bone-colored stone of medium translucency

Culture

Chinese

Period

Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)

Century

3rd-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

0.6 x 4.8 cm (1/4 x 1 7/8 in.) unspecified: 20 g

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