Arc-shaped pendant, with added decoration

Object Details

• Description

  A grayish jade musical instrument base, with green and fawn markings, of semicircular form carved with a central prong; top engraved with two masked heads: one surrounded by multiple lines in the form of wings, the underside with semicircular hole pierces as if to hold strings. (One pit in surface; few tiny nicks.)

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

  In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)

• Origin

  Lake Tai region, China

• Culture

  Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 2000s, BCE 3000s

• Place

  Lake Tai region, China

• Topic

  Art, Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE), Carving, Chinese Art, Pendant, Nephrite, Jade, Masks

• Culture

  Chinese, Liangzhu culture

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry