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Bird pendant

10th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueNephrite
Dimensions2.3 x 5.6 cm (7/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt—Charles Bain Hoyt Collection
Accession number50.1387
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
16th–17th century
Bird-shaped pendant
about 2000 B.C.
Pendant with anthropomorphic shape
late 4th–early 3rd millennium B.C.
Comb
8th century
Bird pendant
Hongshan culture; late 4th millennium B.C.
Blade (zhang)
12th century B.C.
Short Ritual Implement (Yue)
late 3rd millennium B.C.
Round Ritual Implement (Bi)
14th–13th century B.C.
Axe with one perforation (Gui)
Unknown Chinese
10th century B.C.