Context (Display)
Old display label found with 1936.489 and 1936.490 reads: 'Jade cicadas, Anyang, 3rd century BC'.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Acquisition Details)
Bought by donor from S. M. Franck & Co., 25 Camomile Street, E.C., London.
Event Date 1936
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1936.490: 'Early pale green jade cicada - traces of red pigment still adheres to it.'

Event Date 1936
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Pierced through one end. Incised decoration.
Event Date 13/7/2001
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Small cicada made of light green and white coloured jade, perforated on the underside at the head end. Possibly used as a pendant. Triangular in shape, with a sub-rectangular cross-section at the head end, and a triangular cross-section at the other end. Incised decoration, including a lozenge between horizontal lines on the head, and two ovals with swirled lines on the body, separated by a triangle. Traces of red pigment along the incised lines.
Event Date 1/11/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad