Jade Buffalo in the Round
12th-11th century BCE
Dimensions
H. 2.9 x W. 4.8 x D. 2.3 cm (1 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.) Weight 52 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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