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A jade 'bird-head' ge-shaped pendant, Shang dynasty | 商 玉鳥首戈式珮

Auction Closed

October 9, 07:30 AM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

A jade 'bird-head' ge-shaped pendant, 

Shang dynasty

商 玉鳥首戈式珮


modelled in the form of a thin ge-blade, softly polished with subtle bevelling, rendered with a crowned bird head with minimalistic eyes and a hooked beak, the stone of a creamy beige tone


7.6 cm

Pin Chen Tang, Hong Kong, 16th July 1988.


品珍堂,香港,1988年7月16日

Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 10:27.


羅森,《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》,倫敦,1995年,圖版10:27

British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.


大英博物館,倫敦,借展,1995年

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