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How do artists' choices of materials assign identity and meaning to works of art? How does meaning assign material? In this excerpt from one of my museum tours, I explore the meaningful material of Chinese jade — its symbolic and medicinal value, function, materiality, artistry, and poetic inspiration.

Features Works of Art:

Dragon Pendants

Jade

China, Eastern Zhou dynasty

Warring States period (c.480-221 BC)

c. 4th/3rd century B.C.

9.2 x 16.8 x 0.7 cm (3 3/5 x 6 3/5 x 3/10 in.)

8.6 x 16.5 x 0.6 cm. (6-1/2 x 3-3/8 x 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.640

Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.641

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