Ritual ImplementsChinese4th-3rd century BCE

Ornate Jade Disk in Openwork with Decoration of Dragons and Birds

4th-3rd century BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Pale celadon-colored, translucent nephrite with light and dark brown markings

Culture

Chinese

Period

Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)

Century

4th-3rd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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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