Ritual ImplementsChinese12th-10th century BCE

Jade Crouching Bear in the Round

12th-10th century BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Light grayish green nephrite

Culture

Chinese

Period

Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)

Century

12th-10th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 1.9 x L. 4.5 x D. 2.5 cm (3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 in.) Weight 34 g

Provenance

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

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