Ritual ImplementsChinese11th-8th century BCE
Jade Convex Disk or Spinning Whorl
1100-771 BCE
Dimensions
Diam. 4.4 x Thickness 0.5 cm (1 3/4 x 3/16 in.) Weight 16 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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