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A small jade reptile pendant, Shang dynasty | 商 玉鰐

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December 8, 05:58 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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A small jade reptile pendant, Shang dynasty

商 玉鰐


of flattened form, simply but realistically carved from pale brown jade, with four well-defined limbs, a short tail and a rounded head, the head pierced with a large central hole

Length 4.1 cm, 1⅝ in.

R.H. Ellsworth, New York, 24th April 1985.


安思遠,紐約,1987 年4月24日

Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 15.


《中國肖生玉雕》,香港藝術館,香港,1996年,編號15

Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 12:21.


羅森,《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》, 倫敦,1995年,圖版12:21