A jade 'animal mask' pendant, Han dynasty | 漢 獸面韘形紋玉珮
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October 9, 07:30 AM GMT
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40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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A jade 'animal mask' pendant,
Han dynasty
漢 獸面韘形紋玉珮
the flat plaque intricately incised on both sides with a complex design, centred with an outline of a shield suggesting an archer's ring (she), between an elaborate animal mask with prominent horns, large eyes with striated brows, and a stylised bird in profile, the translucent jade of a pale celadon tone with russet streaks
4.1 by 4.6 cm
R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 20th August 1986.
安思遠，紐約，1986年8月20日
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
大英博物館，倫敦，借展，1995年
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 20:4.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版20:4
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