Manche en jade, bing Dynastie des Zhou Occidentaux, ca. 950 avant J.-C.

les deux faces finement incisées d'un oiseau à longue queue enroulée figuré de profil, la pierre vert pâle à inclusions chamois

Acquired in Beijing, February 1945 (according to Max Loehr's notes).
Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-1988).
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.

Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993, no. 49.

J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, cat. no. 49.

There is an old shallow chip to the tip of the handle and a ca. 07cm wide area of loss to one side of the handle (visible in the catalogue illustration). There are traces of earth in the incised design of the handle. The stone is of a slightly darker olive tone than the colour illustration suggests.
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