Elongated Jade Fish Silhouette
c. 1100-771 BCE
Dimensions
W. 1.1 x L. 10.2 x Thickness 0.3 cm (7/16 x 4 x 1/8 in.) Weight 6 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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