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LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200-1100 BC
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FIVE SMALL JADE BIRD-FORM PENDANTS
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200-1100 BC
All flat and carved on both sides, comprising: two very similar, of olive-brown color with opaque buff alteration; a larger of dark olive color with opaque buff alteration, with hooked beak and long curved tail; another, also shown in profile, now opaque and of buff color; and an unusual grey and brown water bird finial or insignia, shown in an upright position, with long beak, tightly curved neck, short tail and small tab below the foot
2 1/8 to 3 5/8 in. (5.5 to 9 cm.) long, the last 2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high (5)
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200-1100 BC
All flat and carved on both sides, comprising: two very similar, of olive-brown color with opaque buff alteration; a larger of dark olive color with opaque buff alteration, with hooked beak and long curved tail; another, also shown in profile, now opaque and of buff color; and an unusual grey and brown water bird finial or insignia, shown in an upright position, with long beak, tightly curved neck, short tail and small tab below the foot
2 1/8 to 3 5/8 in. (5.5 to 9 cm.) long, the last 2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high (5)
Provenance
First: possibly J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1968.
Second: acquired before 1966.
Third: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, prior to 1966.
Fourth: Desmond Gure Collection, 1968.
Fifth: Chang Nai-chi Collection.
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Second: acquired before 1966.
Third: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, prior to 1966.
Fourth: Desmond Gure Collection, 1968.
Fifth: Chang Nai-chi Collection.
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Exhibited
Fourth: Chinese Jade, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948, no. 51.
On loan: Oxford University, 1950-1956.
Fifth: An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1950, pl. XXXIII (7).
On loan: Oxford University, 1950-1956.
Fifth: An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1950, pl. XXXIII (7).
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