Jadeite pendant, qing dynasty, 5.1 cm high.
Pendant. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 02.18.506. CC0.

Pendant

Pendant

Chinese name
佩饰
Pinyin
peishi
Medium
Jadeite
Dimensions
height 5.1 cm; width 2.9 cm; length 1.6 cm
Accession no.
02.18.506
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a pendant in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated by the museum to the Qing Dynasty. The recorded medium is jadeite, emerald-green changing to lighter shades of green. Its recorded height is 5.1 cm high. Accession number 02.18.506, 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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