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Resembling an S-shaped curve on its side, this ornament object is a combination of dragon, snake, and bird.

Jade Configuration of Dragon, Bird, and Snake

Chinese

A jade pendant of a standing person that is pale green and brown in color and has been carved with fine lines to outline a wrapped robe, belt, draped sleeves, their face, and short hair. The head is large and round.

Jade Pendant in the Shape of a Human Figure

Chinese

An off-white jade disk with a circle cut out in the middle. There is an outer ring that has a pattern of small circles. The inner ring has many curved forms with their negative spaces cut out.

Ornate Jade Disk in Openwork with Decoration of Dragons and Birds

Chinese

A jade disk that has been cut into a thin ring. It is dark brown in color with some pale yellow along the center-left. It has been engraved with swirling lines that make a pattern throughout the piece.

Ornate Jade Ring-Disk

Chinese

A jade sculpture that is long in shape with the left side being wide with rounded engraved details and the right side coming to a narrow, blunt edge. It is colored golden yellow. The sculpture has a crack diagonally down the middle with red coloring around it.

Elongated Jade Bird Figure

Chinese

A jade sculpture of a silhouette of a fish that is long and thin in shape. There are engraved lines to show details of fins, a circle for an eye, and a hole through the nose.

Elongated Jade Fish Silhouette

Chinese

A jade tablet that is oblong and curved in shape with irregular, geometric edges. It is pale yellow in color with some orange coloration at the bottom. There are curved engraved lines on the piece that outline the shape of a bird that looks to the left.

Notched Jade Tablet with Incised Bird Figure

Chinese

Jade Bird Figure

Chinese

A flat jade sculpture that is long in shape with the left side being wide with rounded engraved details and the right side coming to a narrow, blunt edge. It is colored light yellow-green.

Elongated Jade Bird Figure

Chinese

Jade Dragon Silhouette

Jade Dragon Silhouette

Chinese

Dragon inspired flat ornament; its head is on the right as it’s turned back to look to the left.

Jade Dragon and Bird Configuration

Chinese

A small vertical ornament that’s slightly wider at the top, with a bird figure carved into it.

Crenelated Jade Tablet with Bird Decor

Chinese

A jade tablet that is long and narrow in shape and bright green in color with some dark green coloration. There are carved lines throughout the piece that outline curved figures. The edges of the tablet are irregular and flat.

Flat Jade Tablet Combining Anthropomorphic Figure and Animal Heads

Chinese

Jade Tablet with Bird Decor

Jade Tablet with Bird Decor

Chinese

A jade pendant that is a long and narrow rectangle in shape and off-white in color with some red discoloration. There are small, curved lines throughout the piece that create swirling shapes.

Oblong Jade Pendant

Chinese

A jade pendant that is a long and narrow rectangle in shape and pale yellow in color with some red discoloration. There are small, curved lines throughout the piece that create swirling shapes.

Oblong Jade Pendant (one of a pair)

Chinese

A jade sculpture of a turtle from a bird’s eye view. The turtle’s shell has an engraved, geometric pattern and its feet are underneath the shell with its toes poking out. The turtle’s head is turned to the left and tail turned to the right.

Small Jade Turtle in the Round

Chinese

Globular Covered Incense Container (Kōgō) with Decoration of Flowers and Butterflies

Globular Covered Incense Container (Kōgō) with Decoration of Flowers and Butterflies, 1845 - 1929

Namikawa Yasuyuki

Fragment Representing a Lion or Dog Attacking a Deer

Fragment Representing a Lion or Dog Attacking a Deer

Greek

Solidus of Constantine VII, Constantinople

Solidus of Constantine VII, Constantinople, r. 945 - 959

Constantine VII