西周 玉鳥珮

sculpté en forme d'oiseau très stylisé représenté de profil, le bec écrasé et le dos surmonté d'une crête, le corps détaillé de longues plumes recourbées, la poitrine perforée, la pierre vert olive

1943年7月購自北京 (羅樾筆記記錄)
羅樾 (1903-1988年) 舊藏
J. J. Lally & Co.，紐約，1993年

《Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others》，J. J. Lally & Co.，紐約，1993年，編號58

J. J. Lally & Co.，《Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others》，紐約，1993年，編號58

There is a small shallow old chip to the tip of the tail. There are cutting marks to one side of the carving. The stone is of a less red and more greenish-brown colour than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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