Jade (nephrite) pendant, in the shape of a dragon, shang and zhou dynasties, 3.5 cm high.
Pendant in the shape of a dragon, 11th–10th century BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 24.51.12. CC0.

Pendant

Pendant in the shape of a dragon

Chinese name
佩饰
Pinyin
peishi
Dimensions
height 3.5 cm; width 7.9 cm
Accession no.
24.51.12
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 height is 3.5 cm high. Accession number 24.51.12, rogers 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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