Arc-shaped pendant with dragon decoration
Arc-shaped pendant with dragon decoration

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Arc-shaped pendant with dragon decoration,

5th–4th centuries BCE

Chinese
Eastern Zhou dynasty, 770–256 BCE | Warring States period, ca. 470–221 BCE
y1952-21

Information

Title
Arc-shaped pendant with dragon decoration
Dates

5th–4th centuries BCE

Medium
White jade, entirely altered
Dimensions
h. 2.9 cm., w. 7.7 cm., d. 0.5 cm. (1 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1952-21
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Warring States
Type
jades, ornament, pendants (jewelry)
Subject
dragons

[Mathias Komor (1909–1984), New York]; J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900 (1895–1968) by 1952; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1952.

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