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A jade sculpture of a curved fish that lies flat. The fish faces the left and its tail is curved downward on the right. There are carved lines to show its fins, eye, and lines on the body. There is a hole through the face.

Jade Curved Fish with Jagged Dorsal Fin

Chinese

Light olive-green and cream-colored translucent nephrite, showing signs of incipient calicification; traces of cinnabar on the right side

Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)

Ritual Implements