Ritual ImplementsChinese5th-3rd century BCE
Small Jade Feline
475-221 BCE
Dimensions
H. 2.6 x W. 4 x Thicknes 0.4 cm (1 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.) Weight 6 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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