A PALE CELADON JADE HOOF-FORM ORNAMENT WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY |

one end curved and the other with three points, symmetrically designed centering two commas and a U-shape, with further incised curvilinear lines framing the elements and around the perimeter, the reverse undecorated, the pale bright celadon stone with faint icy inclusions, both ends pierced 

Galaxie Art & Gift Co. (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 30th July 1987. 
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 77.

Overall in good condition with a few light scratches, nicks and very minor surface unevenness. There are a few small dark inclusions to one corner of the underside, The stone is warmer than in the printed catalogue.
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A smaller and more roughly carved ornament of the same design was excavated from tomb no. 34 at the burial site of Shangguo, in Wenxi, Shanxi province, illustrated in Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China: Shanxi, vol. 3, Beijing, 2005, p. 156.