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  • Art Institute Chicago
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A jade sculpture of a bear sitting upright with its front and rear legs in front of it. Its front paws rest on its rear legs’ knees. The face has a long snout with two little eyes and ears. The sculpture is very square in shape and caramel colored.

Jade Seated Bear

Chinese

Opaque, light brownish green and slightly calcified cream-colored nephrite

Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE

Ritual Implements