Ritual ImplementsChinese3rd-1st century BCE

Large Glass Disk

3rd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Faintly greenish, almost colorless glass, the surface of which is coated with an unevenly creamy white and slightly irridescent substance, probably due to weathering and decomposition

Culture

Chinese

Period

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

Century

3rd-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

0.7 x 17.4 cm (1/4 x 6 7/8 in.) unspecified: 563 g

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