Detail View: National Palace English: A jade bird pendant
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Work ID:
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M01C00105
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Title:
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A jade bird pendant
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Creation Date:
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Shang Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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B.C.1600
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End Year Date:
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B.C.1100
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Dynasty:
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05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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Height: 11.35 cm; Width: 5 cm; Thickness: 0.3 cm
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Material:
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Jade
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Type:
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Jades and Other Precious Stones
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Subject:
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Birds
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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A reddish jade with a grayish white tinge due to long-term handling, this flat pendant is pierced and carved in low relief, which shows the profile of a bird. It is characterized by a hooked beak, short neck, protruding chest, short tail, and thick feet. A dragon sits or stands on top of the bird head. The dragonhead is large in proportion, and the body is rather short. There are carved ridges on the back of the dragon and the bird. The eyes of the two creatures are typical "chen"-shaped of the late Shang period (14th-11th Century A.D.), and the bird has eyebrows.
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ImageV ID:
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M01C00105AS001
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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