Art Institute of Chicago
Sheath with Bird and Feline or Dragon
China
- Date
- Warring States period to early Western Han dynasty, 3rd/2nd century B.C.
- Medium
- Jade
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artists of China's late Bronze Age achieved both technical mastery and visual sophistication in elegant objects like this jade sheath, designed to fit a small blade. Its fluid contours and subtle surface modeling are remarkable because they were achieved by slowly grinding down, drilling, and polishing the stone.
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- Object type
- AAT300312158
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