pendant

Object NameOrnament as a Pendant

Made FromGlass

Date1850-1949

TechniqueCast, cold-worked

SizeOverall H: 4.7 cm, W: 3.2 cm, Th: .8 cm

Accession Number51.6.441

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary
Modern

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

玻璃佩

Place Made

China

Physical DescriptionOrnament as a Pendant. Transparent pale green glass; cast, cold-worked. Flat rectangle with a pediment top; low relief cut design on the obverse of a sage seated on a rock beneath a pine tree beside a stream; in the pediment, a bat and cloud scrolls; on the reverse, lotus leaves, a bud and blossom; at the top on both faces, an owl (or bat ?) flanked by cloud motifs.
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