Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
TWO CELADON JADE 'BIRD' PLAQUES SHANG DYNASTY - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY | 商至西周 玉鳥紋珮一組兩件
Auction Closed
November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ARCHAIC AND ARCHAISTIC JADES FROM THE MICHAEL GULBENKIAN COLLECTION
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TWO CELADON JADE 'BIRD' PLAQUES
SHANG DYNASTY - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
商至西周 玉鳥紋珮一組兩件
each of flat elongated triangular section with angular head and a pointed beak, carved with large eyes and parallel lines delineating wings, the stone of yellowish-green tone with areas of calcification
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Length 9.3 and 9.2 cm, 3⅝ and 3⅝ in.
For a very similar bird pendant dated to the Western Zhou Dynasty, see J. Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, 1995, p.227; and for another, see A. Salmony, Archaic Jades from the Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection, 1952, pl. XLV11, no. 7.