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KOFUN PERIOD (4TH - 6TH CENTURY)
Details
A group of three comma-shaped jewels (magatama)
Kofun period (4th - 6th century)
The green jade jewel finely carved and polished, decorated with three incised radial lines running from a cord hole, applied with a modern gold fitting; the carved agate jewel finely polished, with a cord hole; the carved stone "child-bearing" jewel (komochi magatama) finely polished, designed with eleven smaller jewels on the back and sides suggestive of children
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long; 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long; 3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long
Kofun period (4th - 6th century)
The green jade jewel finely carved and polished, decorated with three incised radial lines running from a cord hole, applied with a modern gold fitting; the carved agate jewel finely polished, with a cord hole; the carved stone "child-bearing" jewel (komochi magatama) finely polished, designed with eleven smaller jewels on the back and sides suggestive of children
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long; 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long; 3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Nagao Ukichi
Nagao Museum, Osaka, Japan
Nagao Museum, Osaka, Japan