5th-4th century BCE
H. 3.8 x W. 9 x Thickness 0.4 cm (1 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 3/16 in.) Weight 26 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Translucent celadon-green nephrite
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