Jade (nephrite) necklace, qing dynasty, 60.3 cm long.
Necklace, 20th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 65.86.88. CC0.

Necklace

Necklace

Chinese name
项链
Pinyin
xianglian
Dimensions
length 60.3 cm
Accession no.
65.86.88
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a necklace in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated by the museum to the Qing Dynasty. The recorded medium is jade, diamond clasp. Its recorded length is 60.3 cm long. Accession number 65.86.88, 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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