Jade eye cover

Details

• Title

  Jade eye cover

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  4th - 2nd century BC (400 - 101 BC)
  Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC)
  Han Dynasty (c. 206 BC - AD 220)

• Material and technique

  jade

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › jade

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › cover › eye-cover;

  religious/ritual equipment › ritual jade

• Dimensions

  1.9 x 4.1 x 0.3 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1665

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