Anonymous / Pendant with Coiled Animal / Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 4th/3rd century B.C.

Anonymous
Pendant with Coiled Animal
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 4th/3rd century B.C.
View Larger Image

View Full Catalog Record Below

This image is one of over 108,000 from the AMICA Library (formerly The Art Museum Image Consortium Library- The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from over 20 museums around the world. www.davidrumsey.com/amica offers subscriptions to this collection, the finest art image database available on the internet. EVERY image has full curatorial text and can be studied in depth by zooming into the smallest details from within the Image Workspace.

Preview the AMICA Library™ Public Collection in Luna Browser Now

Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works.
Types of works include paintings, drawings, watercolors, sculptures, costumes, jewelry, furniture, prints, photographs, textiles, decorative art, books and manuscripts.

Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com .

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 Coiled Animal
Title Type: preferred
View: Front view
Creation Start Date: -40
Creation End Date: -20
Creation Date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 4th/3rd century B.C.
Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,China
Object Type: Costume and Jewelry
Classification Term: Jade
Materials and Techniques: Pale greenish brown jade with tan markings. The animal is striated along the crest and on the tail. Perforations at the back and at the tip of the tail. Both sides identical. (Salmony, 1952)Pendant - disc of coiled tiger.
Dimensions: 3.8 x .3 cm.1 1/2" diameter; 1/8" thickness.
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1950.657
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_.1950.657
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999

AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder.