Title

Jade chatelaine with cockatoos, Liao or Northern Song dynasty, China, 10th-11th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Jade chatelaine with cockatoos, Liao or Northern Song dynasty, China, 10th-11th century. This unusual form of jade would have been the centre piece of a necklace from which several strands of beads would have been suspended. The bottom half of the front has seven pierced tubes in high relief. The outer surface of the tubes is decorated with formal C scrolls. The upper half is worked with two parrot-like birds in low relief, the short wings of which are outstretched.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

907th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_396

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (636,7Kb) / 9,5in x 7,4in / 2841 x 2207 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal arts bird birds carving country China art Chinese color colour cockatoo necklace jewellery jewelry carved location century artefact dynasty artifact SCROLL 10th Century tenth century Museum of East Asian Art 11th century chatelaine Liao dynasty Northern Song period object Eleventh Century Unknown jade jade object