Jade Spearhead in a Bronze Socket
12th-11th century BCE
Dimensions
H. 22.5 x W. 5.3 x Thickness 0.4 cm (8 7/8 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in.) Weight 173 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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