Ritual ImplementsChinese12th-11th century BCE

Jade Figure of a Kneeling Man

12th-11th century BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Calcified, bone-colored nephrite

Culture

Chinese

Period

Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE

Century

12th-11th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 4.3 x W. 2.8 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.) Weight 54 g

Provenance

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

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