Jadeite armlet, qing dynasty, 8 cm high.
Armlet, 1796–1875. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 02.18.718. CC0.

Armlet

Armlet

Chinese name
臂环
Pinyin
bihuan
Medium
Jadeite
Dimensions
height 8 cm; width 1.1 cm
Accession no.
02.18.718
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is an armlet in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated by the museum to the Qing Dynasty. The recorded medium is jadeite. Its recorded height is 8 cm high. Accession number 02.18.718, 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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