Jade (nephrite) pendant, qing dynasty, 3.7 cm wide.
Pendant, 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 50.145.135. CC0.

Pendant

Pendant

Chinese name
佩饰
Pinyin
peishi
Dimensions
width 3.7 cm; length 5.1 cm
Accession no.
50.145.135
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 Qing Dynasty. The recorded medium is jade. Its recorded width is 3.7 cm wide. Accession number 50.145.135, bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950.

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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