Elongated Jade Fish Silhouette
Ritual ImplementsChinese11th-8th century BCE

Elongated Jade Fish Silhouette

c. 1100-771 BCE

Classification
Ritual Implements
Medium
Clouded bluish gray-green, faintly translucent nephrite
Culture
Chinese
Period
Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Century
11th-8th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

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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