Bead
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Worked and polished jade
Geography
China
Date
13th-10th century BC
Period
Shang-Western Zhou dynasties
Dimensions
2.6 x 1.8 cm
Object number
932.16.197
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Grey-green jade now chalky with calcification. Flaring tubular form decorated with raised flat border about wider end, followed by encircling "bowstring" and pendant triangles in linear relief. The neat, wide, conical perforation is off-centre.
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