Zoomorphic pendant / Artist Unknown, China

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Accession Number
1960/2.95
Title
Zoomorphic pendant
Object Creation Date
circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
China (nation)
Henan (province)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
China (nation)
Creation Place 3
Henan (province)
Style/Group/Movement
hardstone
Dimensions
7.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 0.5 cm (2 15/16 in. x 2 3/16 in. x 3/16 in.)
Primary Object Classification
Jewelry
Primary Object Type
pendant
Secondary Object Classification
Hardstone
Secondary Object Type
jade
Physical Description
jade pendent with zoomorphic design, with abstract representation of animal form, possibly a bird. Notchs on the edge and worn relief carvings on the surface indicate that the pendant was probably recarved from a broken jade object from an earlier era.
Subject Matter
Jade pendent with zoomorphic design, with abstract representation of animal form, possibly a bird. Such pendants are frequently encountered in Shang elite tombs in the second half of the sencond millennium B.C. in the Central Plains, China. Notchs on the edge and worn relief carvings on the surface indicate that the pendant was probably recarved from a broken jade object from an earlier era, possibly a ceremonial blade from the coastal prehistoric Longshan society of the third millennium
Primary Keywords
asia
birds
jades
pendants
stone
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1960/2.95
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"Zoomorphic pendant; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-2.95/1960_2.95obv.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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