Ritual ImplementsChinese3rd-2nd century BCE

Large Jade Disk

3rd-2nd century BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Moderately translucent, variegated bluish green and greenish gray nephrite

Culture

Chinese

Period

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

Century

3rd-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Diam. 26.8 x Thickness 0.9 cm (10 9/16 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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