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Arc-shaped pendant (<em>huang</em> 璜)
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Arc-shaped pendant (<em>huang</em> 璜)

ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Thin plaque of the type huang 璜; roughly semicircular with two conical perforations; closely mottled shades of light to dark browns; satin smooth surface. (Broken in four pieces and mended.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Credit lineArc-shaped pendant (<em>huang</em> 璜). ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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