THREE PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE FISH PENDANTS

LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200-1000 BC

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THREE PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE FISH PENDANTS
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200-1000 BC
All detailed with a circular eye, gills, incised fins and a beveled tail, and each pierced through the mouth, all of translucent greyish- green stone with opaque alteration of buff color and on one some russet-brown alteration
2 3/8 to 2½ in. (6 to 6.3 cm.) long (3)

Provenance

Acquired in October 1974.

Lot Essay

These fish pendants are similar in style of carving and color to other published examples, including those illustrated by A. Salmony, Archaic Chinese Jades from the Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1952, pl. XLIV.

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