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Description: | ; Date(s): 1400 BC - 1000 BC; Classification(s): jade, ornament; Acquisition: bequeathed by Raphael, Oscar C., 1946 [O.45-1946]
Description: Grey green jade, carved in the shape of a bird (possibly a swallow), with a pointed beak and a bifurcated tail. Small drilled perforation behind the pointed beak. Probably used as part of a pendant set during the late Shang and early Western Zhou period (c.14th-10th Century BC) | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | jade ornament | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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