COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1950.370
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Dates/Places:
Chinese Asia,East Asia,China
Creator Name-CRT:
Anonymous
Title:
Pendant with taotie head and cicadalike body.
Title Type:
preferred
View:
front view
Creation Date:
Late Shang dynasty, 13th/11th century B.C.
Creation Start Date:
-1299
Creation End Date:
-1000
Materials and Techniques:
Pale green jade with tan markings. The animal face is topped by two large pointed horns which flank a small two-parted projection. The lower part of the object is covered by two concentric pairs of crested double spirals. The perforation of the projection between the horns is drilled from both sides. Both sides identical. (Salmony, 1952)
Classification Term:
Jade
Creation Place:
Asia,East Asia,China
Dimensions:
7.0 x 4.2 x .4 cm.2 3/4" length; 1 5/8" width; 3/16" greatest thickness
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1950.370
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E24477.TIF
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