Wrist or arm ornament with wide flange

Wrist or arm ornament with wide flange

Jade disk showing unfinished design at the edge, Yangzhou Hanjiang, Jiangsu province

Top view of curls on a bi-disk

Pendant ornament: bird with thick tail

Tortoise (amulet?)

A pair of large feline plaques

Images of horse head with visible light

Rubbing of upright jade dragon plaque, Xuzhou Shizishan, Jiangsu province

Jade headdress ornament (?)

Jade standing horse, Tianma-Qucun M63, Shanxi province

Jade dragon-head fitting with view of underside, Xi’an, Shaanxi province

Matching set of jade cong-bi from sacrificial pit, Fufeng, Shaanxi province

Tapering tablet (gui)

Gold over jade inset on belt hook

Squared cylinder (cong) with human-face motifs on 5.5 registers, detail

Rubbing of jade tiger pendant, Xichuan Xiasi M1, Henan province

Bird ornament with three-pronged crest

Bronze buffalo-shaped pigment container

Jade dagger with fitted gold sheath, Hancheng Liangdaicun M27, Shaanxi province

Hexagonal grid with inscribed curl on a bi-disk

Vertical long-tailed feline pendant

X-radiograph of a horse head showing the deep mounting hole and fills

Bird-shaped pendant component with leaf-shaped appendage

Heraldic bird with object in beak

A pair of S-shaped dragon plaques with dense curled extensions

Low cylindrical jade bracelet with concave wall, southeast Neolithic

Ge-blade with crenulated tang, Yellow River basin

Fragmentary bronze mirror with blue glass-bead inlays, Luoyang (C1M3943), Henan province

X-radiographs of a composite jade hook showing corroded iron core and interior void.

Linked feline and bird ornament

Large disk

Archer’s thumb ring with raised commas

Forked blade (zhang)

Jade horse head with insertion tab, Tomb of Duke Jing of Qin, Fengxiang, Shaanxi province

Original edges of gold adjacent to jade on belt hook (1943.52.61)

Narrow ring with molded mask and overlapping patterns

Rubbing of an unfinished jade ring with large dragon head motifs

Wooden back panel of cat. 38B showing gold-filled inscription

Belt hook (1943.52.60); middle jade surrounded by modern fill

Arm or wrist ornament with notched and serrated profiles

Jade tablet showing horizontal discolored line at base

Six-arc chain strung with jade, carnelian, and faience, Tianma-Qucun M31, Shanxi province

Seated bald figure

Attenuated ge-halberd blade with extended tang

U-shaped arc with dragon heads

Drawing illustrating S-twist on fluted ring

Stone staff finial (damaged)

Jade floral hair-knot ornament

Ancestor or spirit tablet (?)

Belt hook

Neck ornament with jade fish and silkworm pendants, Yicheng Dahekou M2, Shanxi province

Tapering rectangular bead with dragon heads

Jadeite incense burner

Large disk

Ge-halberd blade with geometric design and inscription

Undecorated cong-squared cylinder

Sliced and broken jade S-dragon plaques, Xuzhou Shizishan, Jiangsu province

Back of belt hook (1943.52.61) in normal light

Remnants of hexagonal grid lines on an ornate disk

Wooden beaker with large curvilinear handles in situ, Yicheng Dahekou, Shanxi province

Small bronze and stone fish and bell pendant weights for funerary parasol in situ, Hancheng Liangdaicun M28, Shaanxi province

Gui-tablet with the Twelve Auspicious Symbols and inscription

Jade axe-blade, southeast Neolithic

Outer ring with Z-twist on mirror

Scoop

Oval earcup with crescent-shaped handles

Photograph and drawing of repaired jade disk, Minhe Lajia, Qinghai province

Micrograph showing interfelted crystal bundles.

X-radiograph of a horse head showing the deep mounting hole, fills, and modern screw

Sandstone drill bit, Hanshan Lingjiatan M23, Anhui province

Seated bear (amulet?)

Textile imprint on a blade, detail

Squarish plaque with dragon head and curled extensions

Jar-shaped pendant component

Kneeling figure in the round

Group of 9 rectangular plaques

Dragon-bird closure plaque

Archer’s thumb ring pendant

Mirror

Cylindrical bracelet

Jade “demonic” face ornament, Shijiahe communities, middle Yangzi valley

Scabbard slide

Curved engraving tool (?) shaped after a dragon with bottle-horn

Hexagonal grid and mounds showing pattern of overlapping lines on a bi-disk

Trapezoidal knife with three holes

Ultraviolet light image of mirror showing the orange fluorescence indicating adhesive at the joins between different components on the decorated back

Standing figure in long robe and high headdress

Hare (amulet?)

Earcup

Rectangular plaque with dragon head and bird tail

Back-scattered electron image of cat. 49 showing corrosion and pitting of lead-barium glass in the outer glass ring; the white areas have higher lead content than the gray areas.

Curved cuff-like ornament with grooved design

Drawing of half of miniature lacquered wooden screen, Jiangling Wangshan (M2)

Scabbard slide

Scabbard slide with dragons in high openwork relief

Components for pendant assemblages: two bundled sheaf-shaped spacer plaques

Curved tablet or finial

Four sets of jade fittings for iron swords, Nanyue Wang burial, Guangzhou, Guangdong province

Drawing of pendant configuration from an imperial consort’s tomb in Xi’an, Shaanxi province

Profile of mounds and incised curls on a bi-disk

Remnants of hexagonal grid lines on a bi-disk

Group of five jade sculptures, Xianyang Weiling, Shaanxi province

Triangular feline plaque

Low cylindrical bracelet with eight animal-mask motifs

Small ge-blade with serrated shoulder, Yellow River basin

X-radiograph of a broken composite jade belt hook showing different mechanisms joining segments within each section

Bird ornament with extended tail

Forked blade (zhang)

Jade standing horse, Qufu M3, Shandong province

Nested rock crystal and jade coffin-shaped containers for sarira (crystal lid open), Famen Temple, Fufeng, Shaanxi province

Oval plaque

Green copper staining on a bi-disk

Pattern of curls on huang segment

Cut edges of gold adjacent to jade on belt hook (1943.52.61)

Drawing of linked chain ornament, Zeng Hou Yi burial, Suizhou Leigudun, Hubei province

Pendant ornament: arched fish

Rectangular axe-blade with serrated edges, Yellow River basin

Large disk with inscription around edge

Arm or wrist ornament with notched and serrated profiles

Image of horse head with ultraviolet light showing fluorescence of organic materials applied to the surface

Arc-shaped dragon-head pendant

Drawing of jade human figure, Jianping Niuheliang M16, Liaoning province

Jade arm or wrist ornament constructed from three arc-segments

Horse head

Drawing of tomb contents showing bi-disk at head, Jiangling Wangshan M2, Hubei province

Ge-blade with deeply notched shoulder, upper Yangzi valley

Earthenware beaker with large bird-shaped handles

Jade, agate, and faience multi-arc chain, trapezoidal plaque with beaded strings, and ge-blade in situ, Tianma-Qucun M31

Textile pseudomorph and mineralized wood over jade on underside of belt hook

Drawing of lacquered wooden figure with painted pendants, Xinyang Changtaiguan M2, Henan province

Squared cylinder (cong) with human-face motifs on 5.5 registers, Yangzi delta–Lake Tai region, Liangzhu context

Cicada ornament

Two narrow rectangular beads with relief dragon heads

Back of belt hook (1943.52.61) in ultraviolet light showing fills and accretions

Rubbing of variscite human head plaque

Jade gatherers along the riverbed of Yurungkash (White Jade River) in modern Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

Recumbent bear

Jade workers at their stations in a modern workshop in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, June 2017

Jade disk with crisscross ties, Dingtao, Shandong province

Rubbing of a jade figural finial, Anyang M5, Henan province

Turquoise-inlaid ivory beaker with bird-shaped handle, Anyang M5, Henan province

Jade ornamental combtop

Rubbing of funerary face cover with jade components, Sanmenxia M2001, Henan province

Feathery alteration on a bi-disk: white band on green jade

Curved bird-shaped finial, Late Shang period

Flared tubular bead with mask motifs

Staff finial (?)

Disk with two concentric zones of plain and plastic curls

Cicada

Archer’s thumb ring

Gold belt hook with silver cowrie-shell insets

Crested bird

Narrow semicircular arc with dragon heads

Standing figure with hands meeting at the abdomen (finial)

Component for pendant assemblage: arc pendant

Acrobats

Drawing of jade archer’s thumb ring pendant from Jianzhong village, Nanjing

Drawing illustrating Z-twist on fluted ring

Belt hook

Ancestor or spirit tablet (?)

Jade Collared Disk

Large buffalo-head fitting

Trapezoidal knife with three holes

Wild hare

Jade cup and bronze basin, Nanyue Wang burial, Guangzhou

Two oval earcups with incised geometric designs and openwork crescent-shaped handles

Hexagonal grid and mounds with profile showing the topography of a bi-disk

Synthetic green pigment applied over the join between the outer jade ring and the bronze mirror to imitate corrosion on the mirror

Jade bracelet, reportedly from Henan province, Neolithic Liangzhu culture.

Drawing of tomb contents showing distribution of bi-disks, Linzi Shangwangcun M1, Shandong province

Drawing of dragon plaques in situ, Luoyang Xigong District (C1M3943)

Pair of straight fish pendants

Disk-axe

Loose S-shaped plaque with dragon head and bird tail

X-radiograph of a horse head showing the deep mounting hole and fills

Bird-shaped pendant component, purportedly from Luoyang Jincun

X-radiographs of a composite jade hook showing corroded iron core and interior void.

Cylindrical cup with ring handle and three short feet (zhi)

Component for pendant assemblages: trapezoidal spacer plaque

Rubbing of jade pendant assemblage, Nanyue Wang burial, Guangzhou, Guangdong province

Disk with dragons in high relief and raised dots in grid

Drawing of three-step process in shaping a flanged bracelet

Side view of curls on a bi-disk

Pigment container with buffalo-head handle

Triangular feline plaque

Jade knife-blade, damaged

Covered container with gilt-bronze mounts

Seated bear (amulet?)

Multiple lines from abrasion create the curved details on 1943.50.135

X-radiograph of a horse head showing the deep mounting hole, fills, and modern screw

Textile pseudomorph on a bronze dagger axe

X-radiograph of a broken composite jade belt hook showing different mechanisms joining segments within each section

Jade tablet with human image

Bird with snakes in beak and claws

Horse head

Jade rhyton drinking cup, Nanyue Wang burial, Guangzhou, Guangdong province

Component for pendant assemblages: necklace closure plaque

Diagram showing original versus cut edges of gold adjacent to jade on belt hook (1943.52.61)

Mechanical join on chain, detail

Pendant ornament: silkworm with leg

Side view of curls on huang segment

Rubbing of jade human figure, Hanshan Lingjiatan M29, Anhui province

Silver, gold, and bronze medals, with jade insets, from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Large disk with inscription around edge

Jade notched arm ornament

Disk with animals of the four directions

Slender fish-like pendant

Disk with concentric zones of plastic curls and openwork dragon motifs

Ge-halberd blade with turquoise-inlaid bronze tang

Bronze beaker with large openwork handles, Chang’an Zhangjiapo

Two small linked disks with openwork corner ornaments

Jade bi-disk, southeast Neolithic

Disk with fine curls in grid arrangement

Archer’s thumb ring, reportedly from Luoyang Jincun

Detail of part of rubbing of inscription around edge of large disk

Color-enhanced image showing the square grid on a glass bi-disk

Ge-halberd blade with straight notched shoulder

Arc-shaped fish ornament

Drawing of jade and agate short collar in situ, Sanmenxia M2012, Henan province

Broken jade dragon pendant repurposed with gold hook, Nanyue Wang burial, Guangzhou, Guangdong province

Slender jade figural finial

Detail of textile pseudomorph over jade on underside of belt hook

Slice of a jade congcylinder

Drawing of jade tablet with turquoise-embellished casing, Baoji Rujiazhung M1, Shaanxi province

Archaistic jade gui-tablet with raised knobs, Liangzhuang Wang burial, Zhongxiang, Hubei province

Detail of half-register at top: Squared cylinder (cong) with human-face motifs on 5.5 registers, Yangzi delta–Lake Tai region, Liangzhu context

Narrow ring with spiral fluting

Funerary shroud with turquoise dragon, Erlitou palace compound (VM3)

Disk with ancient repair

X-radiograph of mirror showing cast-in decoration and repaired cracks in bronze below the glass and jade

Standing figure with hands meeting at the abdomen (finial)

Component for pendant assemblage: two arc-pendant

Jade columnar eagleshaped finial or hair ornament, Shijiahe communities, middle Yangzi valley

Cicada

Standing lady with “bow” at neck

Drawing of a reconstructed pendant set from Qufu M58, Shandong province

Disk with dragons in high relief and raised dots in grid

Ancestor or spirit tablet (?)

Sword guard

Archaistic vessel in shape of bronze gong

Ring with S-twist at top of lid on container

Fish pendant, Yellow River basin

Brown iron-staining along microfractures on a disk