Elongated Jade Bird Figure
10th-9th century BCE
Dimensions
W. 2.2 x L. 10.7 x Thickness 0.3 cm (7/8 x 4 3/16 x 1/8 in.) Weight 13 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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