Disk Formed by Four Arc-Shaped Jade Pendants (huang)
Culture
Chinese
Date5th century BCE
Mediumnephrite
Dimensionsouter diameter: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsCostumes and Accessories
Credit LineGift of Drs. Ann and Robert Walzer
Object number2007.112
DescriptionThe arc-shaped pendants were probably once strung together with gold thread through the sixteen perforations, perhaps to form the disk-component of a pectoral.ProvenanceMei Li Dong, New York, NY; 2000, purchased by Drs. Ann and Robert Walzer, Redding, CT; 2007, donated to the Worcester Art Museum.
On View
On viewCurrent Location
- Exhibition Location Gallery 110
Southern German
about 1550
