TWO JADE BLADE-FORM PENDANTS SHANG DYNASTY

one pendant of crescent shape with beveled edges ending at the tapered tip, one edge of the nei cut with a single short notch, drilled with a circular hole on both the base of the nei and the tip, the calcified stone of a buff color; the other blade-like pendant with beveled edges, drilled with a small hole on the base of the nei (2)

Old French collections, first half of the 20th century.

Filippo Salviati, Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese Jades, Hong Kong, 2000, cat. no. 46 & 49.

Compared to the catalogue images, the jades are darker. The larger pendant with losses along the edges. The smaller has been broken in half and reattached.
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