Jade Crouching Bear in the Round
12th-10th century BCE
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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