Pendant

Museum number:
9-13381
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3327 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3869 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Pendant; copper alloy pot-shaped, hanging from thick metal loop bent through 2 rings attached to monster's head on top of pendant; one side raised relief center symbol, 2 figures and 5 bats; back has lion-dog, flower, 7 birds, and reversed characters; traces of orange, blue and green paint; pierced with 12 round holes. 10.2 cm. hanging. 9.6 cm. at widest point.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pendants (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 9-13381, described as Pendant; copper alloy pot-shaped, hanging from thick metal loop bent through 2 rings attached to monster's head on top of pendant; one side raised relief center symbol, 2 figures and 5 bats; back has lion-dog, flower, 7 birds, and reversed characters; traces of orange, blue and green paint; pierced with 12 round holes. 10.2 cm. hanging. 9.6 cm. at widest point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 9-13381, described as Pendant; copper alloy pot-shaped, hanging from thick metal loop bent through 2 rings attached to monster's head on top of pendant; one side raised relief center symbol, 2 figures and 5 bats; back has lion-dog, flower, 7 birds, and reversed characters; traces of orange, blue and green paint; pierced with 12 round holes. 10.2 cm. hanging. 9.6 cm. at widest point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 9-13381, described as Pendant; copper alloy pot-shaped, hanging from thick metal loop bent through 2 rings attached to monster's head on top of pendant; one side raised relief center symbol, 2 figures and 5 bats; back has lion-dog, flower, 7 birds, and reversed characters; traces of orange, blue and green paint; pierced with 12 round holes. 10.2 cm. hanging. 9.6 cm. at widest point.

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