- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Description
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Small fish pendant of mottled green jade. Straight in form, lenticular in section, with silhouette tapering toward diagonal snout, incut for dorsal fin, and narrowing into splayed, bifurcated tail. A blade-shaped extension from the tail forms a pendant tool. Diagonal score marks indicate the fins. Conical perforation functions as an eye. Stone polished to soft luster.
- Published References
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- J. Keith Wilson, Jingmin Zhang. Jades for Life and Death. .
- Julia Murray. A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980. Exh. cat. Washington, 1979. cat. 2, p. 13.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Jades for Life and Death
- Google Cultural Institute
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International Image Interoperability Framework
FS-F1979.30_001