Jade (nephrite) pendant, qing dynasty, 6.4 cm high.
Pendant, late 19th–early 20th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 13.40.226. CC0.

Pendant

Pendant

Chinese name
佩饰
Pinyin
peishi
Dimensions
height 6.4 cm; width 15.9 cm
Accession no.
13.40.226
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 jade. Its recorded height is 6.4 cm high. Accession number 13.40.226, gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913.

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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