Fluted Jade Ring
c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Dimensions
H. 5.4 x Diam. 6 x Thickness of ring 0.6 cm (2 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in.) Weight 120 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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