Ritual ImplementsChinese12th-10th century BCE
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.
Related Artworks
View MoreRitual Implements
Miniature Bow (Part of a Buddhist Monk's Kit of 9 Implements)
Unknown Artist, 19th century
Bow: bronze and string
19th centuryTibetanRitual Implements
Ring
Unknown Artist, 8th-5th century BCE
Bronze
8th-5th century BCEGreekRitual Implements
Jade Chape
Unknown Artist, 3rd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE
Light gray, brown, and dark brown translucent nephrite
3rd-1st century BCEChineseRitual Implements
'Chunyu' Bell with Tiger-Form Handle
Unknown Artist, 5th-3rd century BCE
Cast bronze with incised decoration
5th-3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
SMALL PI
Unknown Artist, 20th century
Stone
20th centuryChineseRitual Implements
PENDANT (IN FORM OF A DRAGON'S HEAD) RE-CUT OR LAT ER NOT MODERN
Unknown Artist
Stone
ChineseRitual Implements
Ornate Jade Disk
Unknown Artist, 206 BCE - 9 CE
Barely translucent, brownish green and russet stone
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseRitual Implements
Trapezoidal Knife-Shaped Jade Tablet
Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 14th cent. BCE
Nephrite with sharply defined, translucent, pale bluish green and opaque buff areas divided by narrow dark bluish band
16th-14th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Small Oblong Jade Pendant
Unknown Artist, 770 BCE - 476 BCE
Opaque gray stone
8th-5th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Collared Disk
Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Fine-grained, smoothly polished, dark grayish green, faintly translucent nephrite with irregular, lighter veins
16th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved Tang
Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Pale bluish green nephrite in an advanced state of calcification
16th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Composite Sculpture of Human Bust, Birds, and Taotie Mask
Unknown Artist, 12th-10th century BCE
Polished, mottled grayish green nephrite
12th-10th century BCEChinese