Arc-shaped pendant with incised decoration

Chinese Collection

Accession Nr.: 137
Type: jade; stone carving
Date of production:
4th–3rd centuries BC
Easter Zhou dynasty
Place of production:
Materials: jade
Techniques: engraved
Dimensions: width: 3 cm
length: 6 cm
Belief in afterlife already existed in the ancestor worship of the Shang period. Jades promising eternal life were placed on the deceased because of the belief in the perennial nature of the stone.