Jadeite comb, qing dynasty, 3.3 cm high.
Comb. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 02.18.503. CC0.

Shu (comb)

Comb

Chinese name
梳
Pinyin
shu
Medium
Jadeite
Dimensions
height 3.3 cm; width 6.7 cm; length 0.7 cm
Accession no.
02.18.503
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a comb in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated by the museum to the Qing Dynasty. The recorded medium is jadeite, emerald-green with patches of light lavender. Its recorded height is 3.3 cm high. Accession number 02.18.503, gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902.

This description is a direct summary of the museum's own record, not an independent assessment. It is awaiting editorial rewriting; the facts it states are the ones the holding institution asserts.

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