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Title	Handle
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	1027-775 B.C.
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

Medium:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Jade | Highly calcified grey-green jade with traces of red pigment

Size:

7 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. (17.78 x 1.59 x 0.95 cm)

Creation Place:

Asia, China

Culture:

Asia, China

Style:

11th-8th century B.C., Early Western Chou dynasty

Physical Description:

Highly calcified grey-green jade, traces of red pigment and earthlike substances.

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Bequest of Alfred F. Pillsbury

Accession Number:

50.46.228

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Added to Site:

February 28, 2009