Ritual ImplementsChinese3rd century BCE

Jade Chape for a Sword Scabbard

3rd century BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Heavy piece of olive-green nephrite with smoke-brown and buff clouds

Culture

Chinese

Period

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

Century

3rd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 4.2 x W. 5.3 x D. 2.7 cm (1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.) Weight 85 g

Provenance

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

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