Bracelet Modeled on Shell Ornament, Kofun period (ca. 300–710), 4th century, Japan, Green steatite with red pigment, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm); D. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Stone, This irregular disk with smooth radial fluting is a fine example of a type of carved stone object found in the keyhole-shaped burial mounds of central Japan from the fourth and fifth centuries. Works in this shape are called sharinseki (carriage-wheel stones) and are sometimes identified as stone bracelets
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Bracelet Modeled, Shell Ornament, Kofun period, ca, 300–710, 4th century, Japan, Green steatite, red pigment, H, 8 1/2, 21.6 cm, W, 7 5/8, 19.4, D, 1 1/8, 2.9, Stone, irregular, disk, smooth radial, fluting, fine example, type, carved stone, object, keyhole-shaped burial, mounds, central Japan, fourth, fifth centuries, Works, shape, sharinseki, carriage-wheel stones, sometimes identified, stone bracelets
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