Pendant-like Plaque

Object Name: 
Pendant-like Plaque

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Object Name: 
Pendant-like Plaque
Place Made: 
China
Accession Number: 
51.6.468
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.2 cm, W: 4.05 cm, Th: 0.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1912-1949
Primary Description: 
Pendant-like Plaque. Transparent pale green glass; tooled and carved. Oval form; cut design of a hydra-like dragon at the top and at the bottom a second dragon whose scroll-like body and divided tail come from the reverse through a central perforation onto the obverse.

More Info

Department: 
Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Hussey, Nellie B., Source
1951
Category: 
Jewelry
Color: 
Transparent pale green
Technique: 
tooled, carved
tooling

Exhibitions (1)

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass
Venue(s)
Toledo Museum of Art 1948-10-03 through 1948-10-31