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

ca. 3500-2700 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

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

About this work

Ornament: type huang 璜; small flat plaque with oval upper edge and straight base with curved notch in center; mottled pale yellow green and cream; reverse covered with white incrustation; two functional holes conically bored from both sides; irregularities in cutting, two saw marks.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Credit lineArc-shaped pendant (<em>huang</em> 璜). ca. 3500-2700 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.

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