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A jade sculpture of a turtle from a bird’s eye view. The turtle’s shell has an engraved, geometric pattern and its feet are underneath the shell with its toes poking out. The turtle’s head is turned to the left and tail turned to the right.

Small Jade Turtle in the Round

Chinese

Translucent gray-green, partly discolored nephrite

Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE

Ritual Implements