Jade Cicada in the Round
3rd century BCE
Dimensions
H. 3.4 x W. 1.8 x D. 1.3 cm (1 5/16 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.) Weight 10 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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