Title

White jade qilin pendant, Southern Song dynasty, China, 1127-1279. Artist: Unknown

Caption

White jade qilin pendant, Southern Song dynasty, China, 1127-1279. 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.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1127

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_398

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (357,0Kb) / 9,4in x 7,4in / 2811 x 2228 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal arts carving country white China art Chinese color colour jewellery jewelry carved location century artefact dynasty mythology artifact pendant mythical creature Thirteenth Century 13th century Museum of East Asian Art 12th century mythical beast qilin Southern Song dynasty object Unknown jade jade object