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jade pendent with zoomorphic design, with abstract representation of animal form, possibly a bird. Notchs on the edge and worn relief carvings on the surface indicate that the pendant was probably recarved from a broken jade object from an earlier era.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Zoomorphic pendant
8700 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.95

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Symbol of Earth (Ts'ung)
8973 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.115

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Adze
8973 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.102

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Chisel
8973 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.111
Large, flat disk made of gray and green jade with touches of black and brown with a hole in the center. Incised circle around outer edge of disk and around edge of interior hole. <br />
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bi (Pi; disc)
9229 BCE
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.85A&B

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Adze
8973 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.105

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Handle with 'leaf' pattern
8973 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.114

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Fragment of Bird or Dragon Plaque
9519 BCE
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.100
jade cylinder with square shaped exterior and round interior, shallow relief carver on each side, possible representing zoomorphic designs that have been worn off. Dark jade material with many striations and mottles. Come in custom-designed silk box enclosed in a fine hardwood box. The inscription on wooden box indicates that the object was once part of the Duan Fang collection in late 19th century. Duan Fang was a Manchu stateman and reknowned antiquarian. His inscription date the object to the Zhou period. Recent archaeological work suggests that the object was probably made in the late 3rd millennium B.C.E. and remained in circulation by Shang period of the late 2nd millennium B.C.E.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jade cong cylinder with low relief design
8700 BCE
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.102
A brown and green nephrite jade snuff bottle in the shape of a duck that is curled upon itself. Carved on the wings are feathers.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Nephrite jade snuff bottle in the shape of a duck
1650 – 1850
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.13
the ceremonial degger-axe replicate in jade a common bronze weapon of the Shang dynasty called ge. It has a wide blade with a sharp point at one end and a plain, rectangular tang on the other.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ge (halberd)
8400 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.110A&B

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Dagger-axe (Ko)
8477 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.118
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