Short Ritual Implement (Yue)
late 3rd millennium B.C.
Medium/TechniqueDark brown nephrite jade with engraved mask design
Dimensions19.3 x 11.7 cm (7 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.917
On View
Not on viewClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
ProvenancePurchased in Japan by Okakura Kakuzo, May 1912.
about 2000 B.C.
13th–12th century B.C.
12th–11th century B.C.
500 B.C.–221 B.C.
Late 17th century
12th century B.C.
3rd millennium B.C.
18th century
17th or 18th century
18th century
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
14th century B.C.