Anonymous / Pendant with taotie head and cicadalike body. / Late Shang dynasty, 13th/11th century B.C.

Anonymous
Pendant with taotie head and cicadalike body.
Late Shang dynasty, 13th/11th century B.C.
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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: Chinese Asia,East Asia,China
Creator Active Place: Asia,East Asia,China
Creator Name-CRT: Anonymous
Title: Pendant with taotie head and cicadalike body.
Title Type: preferred
View: Front view
Creation Start Date: -129
Creation End Date: -100
Creation Date: Late Shang dynasty, 13th/11th century B.C.
Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,China
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Jade
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)
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
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
AMICA ID: AIC_.1950.370
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999

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