Object: Pendant with mask, fragment S1987.650

Historical period(s): Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE

: 獸面紋飾（殘損）
晚商安陽時期（公元前1300-1050年）
中國，疑似河南安陽市
軟玉
高4.1、寬1.6、厚2.3釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號: S1987.650

Description: Ornament; feline head carved in the round, raised ears; second mask on back, with pierced-loop eyes; irregular shape; opaque gray-white. (Calcified [?]; broken off at bottom.)

Curatorial Remarks

1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, June 19, 2008) Jewelry and Ornament added as secondary classification.

2. (Jeffrey Smith per Janet Douglas, June 17, 2010) Nephrite added as modifier to existing medium of "jade" based on conservation analysis.

3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, May 10, 2018) Title changed from "Ornament" to "Pendant with mask, fragment"; period one changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; period two added "Anyang period"; geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; date changed from "ca. 1400-1100 BCE" to "ca. 1300-1050 BCE"; object name changed from "Carved ornament" to "Pendant"; added Chinese object caption by Jingmin Zhang; and added the following to the description field, "Ornament; feline head carved in the round, raised ears; second mask on back, with pierced-loop eyes; irregular shape; opaque gray-white. (Calcified [?]; broken off at bottom.)"

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Pendant with mask, fragment