Notched Jade Tablet with Incised Bird Figure
Ritual ImplementsChinese10th-9th century BCE

Notched Jade Tablet with Incised Bird Figure

10th-9th century BCE

Classification
Ritual Implements
Medium
Light yellowish brown, partly calcified, faintly translucent nephrite
Culture
Chinese
Period
Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Century
10th-9th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

L. 8.4 x W. 3.2 x Thickness 0.5 cm (3 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 3/16 in.) Weight 29 g

Provenance

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

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