Pendant
- Chinese name
- 金镶玉佩
- Pinyin
- Date
- Qing Dynasty
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite), Gold, Pearl
- Dimensions
- height 2.6 cm
- Accession no.
- 1942.870
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
Techniques
A pendant combining gold and carved green jade. Setting jade within gold allowed the metal to carry the suspension and fine detail while the jade supplied the main visual mass.