Ritual ImplementsChinese

Jade Collared Disk

16th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Fine-grained, cream-colored opaque stone, polished smooth as ivory; traces of cinnabar on one side

Culture

Chinese

Period

Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

0.4 x 1.5 x 9.4 cm (3/16 x 9/16 x 3 11/16 in.) unspecified: 51 g

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