SAM'S collection

Bird pendant

Bird pendant

Date11th - 9th century B.C.

Label TextThis type of small pendant is regularly found in burial excavations, and spoken of in the literary record as part of the ceremonial garb, since at least the first millennia B.C.

Object number49.238

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009)

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions7/8 x 3/16 in. (2.22 x 0.48 cm) L.: 1 in.

MediumNephrite

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11th century B.C. - 9th century B.C.

Object number: 39.12

11th-10th century B.C.

Object number: 39.13

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8th Century

Object number: 53.39

1736-1795

Object number: 33.1321

11th century - 9th century B.C.

Object number: 39.14

11th century - 9th century B.C.

Object number: 39.16

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1736-1795

Object number: 56.96

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mid 14th-10th Century BC

Object number: 56.98

12th century B.C.

Object number: 40.7

mid 18th-10th Century BC

Object number: 40.6

11th century - 9th century B.C.

Object number: 39.15

Pendant in the form of an animal

Pendant in the form of an animal

10th century - 8th century B.C.

Object number: 39.17

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