• Finial in the form of a bird
  • Finial in the form of a bird
  • Finial in the form of a bird
  • Finial in the form of a bird
  • Finial in the form of a bird

Finial in the form of a bird

Classification
Jewelry and Ornament
Historical period(s)
Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE
Object Date
ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
H x W x D: 7.4 x 3.1 x 0.4 cm (2 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 3/16 in)
Origin
China, probably Henan province, Anyang
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S1987.535
鳥形飾
晚商安陽時期(公元前1300-1050年)
中國,疑似河南安陽市
軟玉
高7.4、寬3.1、厚0.4釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號: S1987.535
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
Abel William Bahr (1877-1959)
Edna H. Bahr (1907-1986)
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)
Description
Flat, arc-shaped pendant with a bird presented in profile. A series of regularly incised lines and serrations embellish the angular crest that rises from the bird’s head. Those angular forms are echoed in the chevrons on the hooked beak. A bolder series of lines, some of them raised, articulate the furled wing and pendant tail. (Mostly calcified; cinnabar deposits; pencil [?] marks on top side.)

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