Lot 710
  • 710

A JADE ‘HUMAN HEAD’ BEAD SHANG DYNASTY, ERLITOU PERIOD |

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 HKD
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Description

  • 1.8 cm, 3/4  in.
one side carved with a human face depicted with a broad forehead, almond-shaped eyes and curved brows which descend to form the nose, the top drilled with two small connected holes for suspension

Exhibited

Angus Forsyth and Brian McElney, Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, cat. no. 73.