Ornate Jade Disk in Openwork with Decoration of Dragons and Birds
4th-3rd century BCE
Dimensions
Diam. 11.4 x Thickness 0.6 cm (4 1/2 x 1/4 in.) Weight 116 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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