Ritual ImplementsChinese11th-8th century BCE

Small Jade Container for Pigments (Tulu)

c. 1050-771 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Serpentine

Culture

Chinese

Period

Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE

Century

11th-8th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 5.1 x W. (of vessel) 4.4 x D. 4.1 cm (2 x 1 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.) Weight 168 g

Provenance

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

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