Jade (nephrite) pendant, qing dynasty, 5.2 cm high.
Pendant, 20th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 65.86.85. CC0.

Pendant

Pendant

Chinese name
佩饰
Pinyin
peishi
Dimensions
height 5.2 cm; width 3.5 cm
Accession no.
65.86.85
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, seed pearls. Its recorded height is 5.2 cm high. Accession number 65.86.85, 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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