Flat nephrite pendant cut in the silhouette of a fish, with fins and scales incised on the surface
Arc-Shaped Jade Fish Pendant, c. 1050–900 BCE. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952.577. CC0.

Pendant

Arc-Shaped Jade Fish Pendant

Chinese name
玉鱼形佩
Pinyin
yu yuxing pei
Dimensions
height 9.1 cm
Accession no.
1952.577
Collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art

A jade pendant carved as a fish, a form common in Western Zhou burials. Fish pendants are usually worked from flat plaques with the silhouette cut to shape and details incised on both faces.

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