Ritual ImplementsChinese11th-8th century BCE

Jade Convex Disk or Spinning Whorl

1100-771 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Probably nephrite

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

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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