Jade (nephrite) and cinnabar comb, shang and zhou dynasties, 7.6 cm high.
Comb, 13th–11th century BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985.214.94. CC0.

Shu (comb)

Comb

Chinese name
梳
Pinyin
shu
Dimensions
height 7.6 cm; width 6 cm
Accession no.
1985.214.94
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a comb in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated by the museum to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The recorded medium is jade (nephrite) with traces of cinnabar. Its recorded height is 7.6 cm high. Accession number 1985.214.94, gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985.

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