Nephrite pendant carved as a butterfly with incised wing patterns
Butterfly Pendant, 1735–95. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1921.584. CC0.

Pendant

Butterfly Pendant

Chinese name
玉蝴蝶佩
Pinyin
yu hudie pei
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.

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