Ritual ImplementsChinese12th-11th century BCE

Large Jade Buffalo Head in the Round

12th-11th century BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Mottled gray-green stone with brown markings and black streaks, with scattered earthy concretions

Culture

Chinese

Period

Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE

Century

12th-11th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 5.5 x L. 10 x W. 6.7 cm (2 3/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.) Weight 402 g

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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