Ritual ImplementsChinese
Jade Mace Head (?)
c. 7000 BCE
Dimensions
H. 16.5 x W. 11 x D. 3.8 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.) Weight 630 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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