Jade (nephrite) pendant, in the shape of an animal with fish tail, shang and zhou dynasties, 8.3 cm wide.
Pendant in the shape of an animal with fish tail, 11th–10th century BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 24.170.15. CC0.

Pendant

Pendant in the shape of an animal with fish tail

Chinese name
佩饰
Pinyin
peishi
Dimensions
width 8.3 cm
Accession no.
24.170.15
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 width is 8.3 cm wide. Accession number 24.170.15, fletcher Fund, 1924.

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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