Ritual ImplementsChinese5th-3rd century BCE

Jade Disk with Curly Appendages

probably 475 BCE - 221 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Gray-green and creamy light brown, largely opaque nephrite

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 5.4 x 2.9 cm (3/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.) unspecified: 9 g

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