A PALE GREY AND WHITE AGATE BANGLE

EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

Details

A PALE GREY AND WHITE AGATE BANGLE
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The sides and edges finely carved with crisp facets, the pale grey stone banded in opaque white; together with a small white jade cicada, Qin dynasty, 3rd century BC, the head faceted and with rounded eyes, with a rope-twist border at the back of the head, the canted wings carved with markings; and a white and russet jade cicada-form pendant, of thick triangular section
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) diam.; 2 and 1½ in. (5 and 3.7 cm.) long (3)

Provenance

Bangle and first cicada: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963. Second cicada pendant: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, prior to 1966.

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Lot Essay

The first of the two cicadas, with its finely carved details, is similar to one dated Western Han dynasty, excavated from the tomb at Sushantou, Tongshan, Jiangsu province, illustrated by Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 7, Beijing, 2005, p. 138.

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