A celadon and russet jade 'bird' pendant, Shang dynasty | 商 玉鳳鳥形珮

J.T. Tai & Co, New York, acquired before 1966

Christie's New York, 3 November 2009, lot 140 (part lot)

戴潤齋舊藏，紐約，得於1966年以前

紐約佳士得，2009年11月3日，拍品編號140（之一） 

Horace H.F. Jayne, Archaic Chinese Jades, The University Museum, Philadelphia, 1940, p.25, cat. no. 71.

Horace H.F. Jayne，《Archaic Chinese Jades》，賓夕法尼亞大學博物館，費城，1940年，頁25，編號71

The present small but well-carved jade bird-form pendent is unusual in its thickness. Like other bird pendants of the late Shang period, it has a short-hooked beak, prominent chest and bent legs. Jade bird-form finial/insignias of this type have been excavated from the late Shang dynasty tomb of Fu Hao, Anyang, Henan province, illustrated in Yinxu Yuqi (The Jades from Yinxu), Beijing, 1982, pls. 44, 47, 50 and 58. 

玉佩青玉質，雕工清晰，玉料較厚。河南安陽殷墟曾出土類似的玉鳳鳥形珮，見《殷墟玉器》，北京，1982年，圖版44、47、50及58。