Ritual ImplementsChinese5th-3rd century BCE

Short Jade Garment Hook

475 BCE - 221 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Translucent light gray nephrite with brownish markings

Culture

Chinese

Period

Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE

Century

5th-3rd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

L. 3.7 x W. 1.3 cm (1 7/16 x 1/2 in.) unspecified: 12 g

Related Artworks

Ritual Implements

Jade Seated Bear

Unknown Artist, 12th-11th century BCE

Opaque, light brownish green and slightly calcified cream-colored nephrite

12th-11th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Heavy Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved Tang

Unknown Artist, 12th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE

Strongly calcified, ivory-colored nephrite; traces of cinnabar

12th-11th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Dagger-Axe in a Bronze Haft

Unknown Artist, 12th-11th century BCE

Light gray nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise

12th-11th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Dagger-Axe or Knife Blade

Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE

Opaque, bluish gray-green nephrite that has turned a dull buff and light brown color over a large part of the surface

16th-11th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Triangular Jade Plaque Shaped as a Bird (from a set of five plaques)

Unknown Artist, possibly 1100 - 771 BCE

Buff, partly calcified nephrite

11th-8th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Anthropomorphic Jade Handle

Unknown Artist, 16th-11th century BCE

Creamy white, translucent nephrite

16th-11th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Disk with Animals of the Four Directions

Unknown Artist, Han dynasty or later

Semi-transluscent pale olive-green nephrite with brown patches

Chinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Segment of a Large Disk

Unknown Artist, c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Opaque brownish gray nephrite enclosing a large area of translucent bluish green nephrite with whitish clouds

4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Collared Disk

Unknown Artist, c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 11th cent. BCE

Calcified, creamy white stone

16th-11th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

PENDANT RE-CUT OR LATER PERIOD, NOT MODERN

Unknown Artist

Stone

Chinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Pig (one of a pair)

Unknown Artist, 25 CE - 220 CE

Highly translucent pale green and opaque cream-colored nephrite

1st-3rd century CEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Bead-Like Pendant with Convex Faces

Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE

Very light green and cream-colored nephrite

5th-3rd century BCEChinese