COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
Record
Work ID:
M01C00105
Title:
A jade bird pendant
Creation Date:
Shang Dynasty
Start Year Date:
B.C.1600
End Year Date:
B.C.1100
Dynasty:
05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
Creation Place:
China
Measurements:
Height: 11.35 cm; Width: 5 cm; Thickness: 0.3 cm
Material:
Jade
Type:
Jades and Other Precious Stones
Subject:
Birds
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description:
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.
ImageV ID:
M01C00105AS002
Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications