White jade qilin pendantSouthern Song dynasty

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448

Title

White jade qilin pendantSouthern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Short title

White jade qilin pendantSouthern Song dynasty

Record number

BATEA : 441

Simple name

pendant

Classified name

stone; jade; Song; qilin; animal; pendant; mythical; China; white;

Description

Description part summary

A well carved jade two horned qilin. The jade is of lychee flesh colour with some brown flecking. The qiling is seated on its haunches, its nose in the air, its tail with fine incised lines curled up by the left rear leg. A long beard is finely incised all along the jaw ending in two long curling side burns. The neck has finely incised hair; the base is plain. The eyes are incised with two rings. The body is pierced for suspension.

Description material

jade

Description condition

Stolen on 17 April 2018. good, but body pierced horizontally at some time

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	white
decoration

Description length

3.8 cm

Description height

3.6 cm

Description diameter

Description width

2 cm

Description depth

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