Lot 111
  • 111

A BEIGE JADE 'FISH' PENDANT SHANG - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY |

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Length 2 3/4  in., 6.9 cm
of elongated rectangular form depicting a fish in profile, one end with a blunt straight-cut mouth and the other end terminating in a short bifurcated tail, the head with large incised circular eyes and curved gill, the fins outlined by a series of short strokes, the rest of the surface plain, the stone a warm beige with russet flecks, an aperture in one corner

Provenance

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 6th August 1982.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 25.

Condition

Overall in good condition with a few scattered minute nicks.
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