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Of elongated form, slightly rounded on each side, with one end rounded opposite a pierced circular aperture, the green stone finely suffused with white in areas
Archaic Pendant
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Archaic Pendant

Artist Chinese Artist
DateNeolithic Period or later
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumJade
Dimensions3 13/16 x 11/16 x 3/16 in. (9.7 x 1.7 x 0.5 cm)
ClassificationsClothing and accessories
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.134
Collections
Visual DescriptionOf elongated form, slightly rounded on each side, with one end rounded opposite a pierced circular aperture, the green stone finely suffused with white in areas
The smooth translucent stone, pierced with a circular aperture, with slightly rounded sides on both sides tapering to the inside and outside edges, the white stone with strong russet streaks
Bi
Chinese Artist
Neolithic Period or later
Naturalistically and finely carved as a pair of catfish coiled end to end, each with round eyes and long whiskers, above spiraling and swirling waves, the stone of even white tone suffused with small areas of russet
Twin-Fish Group
Chinese Artist
18th century
The tapered weapon carved with a sharp blade, with fitted groove opposite a circular hole on one end, the fitted groove opposite a circular hole on one end, the translucent milky green stone with dark brown flecks, chips
Archaic Jade Blade
Chinese, Dawenkou Culture
Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BCE)
Carved as a crouching animal with extended head held forward with rounded snout and long ears held back, opposite a short tail, one side with a bitong enframed by cloud ribbons extending on to the underside, carved with cloud swirls, the green stone suffused with white and with russet splashes
Crouching Deer
Chinese Artist
18th-19th century or later
Carved with a pair of intertwined archaistic dragons along the shaft, the stone suffused with russet sections to one side
Belt Hook
Chinese Artist
18th-19th century
Pig Dragon
Pig Dragon
Chinese Artist
Neolithic period, c. 3500-3000 BCE or later
Necklace consisting of numerous small flat stone disks with holes in center, interspersed with larger, thicker disks with rounded sides. Rectangular pendant with flattened sides, one carved into roughly anthropomorphic shape by crisscrossing lines to form head and arms at side.
Necklace with Axe-God Pendant
Chorotegan Artist
100-500
Of patra form, well carved with thick walls flaring from the flat foot ring to the high rounded shoulder, the four dark grey areas of the stone spaced vertically around the sides, Qianlong four-character seal mark inscribed on the base
Alms Bowl
Chinese Artist
17th-18th century
Well-hollowed with columnar corners and well-carved around the exterior with a wide band of numerous thin dragons, their finely incised scaly bodies intermeshing around the sides, above archaistic pendant leaves around the rounded corners, tapering sharply to the hollowed pad feet, two side with a ji character, the other two side with winged phoenix-form handles, the fitted cover of conforming shape with a central reticulated dragon-form knop, the claw on and extending to the four corners, the g…
Pigment Box
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 18th century
The vessel with a pair of deeply undercut and high relief chilong handles, each animal with finely rendered details and clutching the vessel lip, the stone suffused with dark brown veining throughout
Bowl
Chinese Artist
Song and Ming Dynasty (960-1644)
The semi-translucent stone of rich, dark olive-green color with brown mottling and veining, with areas of yellowish-buff color emanating from some of the veins and some opaque alteration from burial, carved as a rectangular block enclosing a cylindrical tube extending beyond the triangular shoulders at either end to form a collar, with a smooth satiny polish, some encrustation
Cong
Chinese Artist
Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1050-771 BCE)
The slender crouching animal carved with deep slashes for the flat snout, haunches, ears and upturned tail, the tail and snout pierced with a hole for attachment, the stone of pale celadon color with areas of calcification
Pig
Chinese Artist
Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)

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