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Description: | ; Date(s): 1900 - 2000; Classification(s): jade, ornament; Acquisition: bequeathed by Raphael, Oscar C., 1946 [O.95-1946]
Description: Small but relatively thick jade dagger-shaped pendant with pointed end and decorated with a distinctive Shang dynasty features, the monster’s eye. This type of jade is interpret as xi, which according to the texts was used to untie knots. However, judging from the thickness and the holes drilled on the top of this pendant it is more likely to be an ornament | 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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