
Butterfly Pendant
- Chinese name
- 玉蝴蝶佩
- Pinyin
- Date
- Qing Dynasty
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions
- height 5.2 cm
- Accession no.
- 1921.584
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
A jade pendant carved in the form of a butterfly. Insect and flower subjects became common in Qing jade work, cut from flat plaques with the outline shaped and the surface carved in low relief.