Pendant with taotie head and cicadalike body.

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

AIC_.1950.370

amicoid

AIC_.1950.370

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

aly

1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

crn

Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese

crc

Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Chinese Asia,East Asia,China

cdt

Chinese Asia,East Asia,China

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Anonymous

crt

Anonymous

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Pendant with taotie head and cicadalike body.

otn

Pendant with taotie head and cicadalike body.

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

ott

preferred

Title Type

false

View:

front view

rid

front view

View

false

Creation Date:

Late Shang dynasty, 13th/11th century B.C.

oct

Late Shang dynasty, 13th/11th century B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-1299

ocs

-1299

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-1000

oce

-1000

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Pale green jade with tan markings. The animal face is topped by two large pointed horns which flank a small two-parted projection. The lower part of the object is covered by two concentric pairs of crested double spirals. The perforation of the projection between the horns is drilled from both sides. Both sides identical. (Salmony, 1952)

omd

Pale green jade with tan markings. The animal face is topped by two large pointed horns which flank a small two-parted projection. The lower part of the object is covered by two concentric pairs of crested double spirals. The perforation of the projection between the horns is drilled from both sides. Both sides identical. (Salmony, 1952)

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Jade

clt

Jade

Classification Term

false

Creation Place:

Asia,East Asia,China

ocp

Asia,East Asia,China

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

7.0 x 4.2 x .4 cm.2 3/4" length; 1 5/8" width; 3/16" greatest thickness

met

7.0 x 4.2 x .4 cm.2 3/4" length; 1 5/8" width; 3/16" greatest thickness

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1950.370

ooa

1950.370

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection

ooc

The Art Institute of Chicago, Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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Pendant with taotie head and cicadalike body.