Jade (nephrite) pendant, in the shape of a coiling dragon, shang and zhou dynasties, 4.4 cm across.
Pendant in the shape of a coiling dragon, 13th–12th century BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019.193.1. CC0.

Pendant

Pendant in the shape of a coiling dragon

Chinese name
佩饰
Pinyin
peishi
Dimensions
diameter 4.4 cm; height 1 cm
Accession no.
2019.193.1
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a pendant 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). Its recorded diameter is 4.4 cm in diameter. Accession number 2019.193.1, gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2019.

This description is a direct summary of the museum's own record, not an independent assessment. It is awaiting editorial rewriting; the facts it states are the ones the holding institution asserts.

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