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.
Late 17th century
12th–11th century B.C.
early 3rd millennium B.C.
12th century B.C.
3rd millennium B.C.
17th or 18th century
about 2000 B.C.
14th–13th century B.C.
10th century B.C.
1st century B.C.
2nd millennium B.C.