Anthropomorphic Jade Handle
16th-11th century BCE
Dimensions
L. 8.2 x Diam. 1 cm (3 1/4 x 3/8 in.) Weight 10 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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