Jadeite pendant, qing dynasty, 4.8 cm long.
Pendant, 20th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 65.86.194. CC0.

Pendant

Pendant

Chinese name
佩饰
Pinyin
peishi
Medium
Jadeite
Dimensions
length 4.8 cm; width 4.8 cm
Accession no.
65.86.194
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 jadeite, seed pearls. Its recorded length is 4.8 cm long. Accession number 65.86.194, alfred W. Hoyt Collection, Bequest of Rosina H. Hoppin, 1965.

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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