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Pendant in the form of a dragon by Charles Lang Freer, Yamanaka and Co. — VisualArtsDB

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Pendant in the form of a dragon

Pendant in the form of a dragon

Pendant in the form of a dragon

Charles Lang Freer Yamanaka and Co.

1000

Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Genre: Jewelry and ornament
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Styles

Jewelry and Ornament

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nephriteChinese ArtjadedragonArtcarvingAnyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)Charles Lang Freer collection

About

Ornament; flat sickle-shaped pendant in form of stylized dragon, round perforation for eye and incision for mouth, smaller perforation for cord; translucent grayish green with dark gray clouding; areas of cream-colored disintegration and earth incrustation; red stain.

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