A PAIR OF JADE SILK WORM-FORM PENDANTS
A PAIR OF JADE SILK WORM-FORM PENDANTS

LATE HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3500-3000 BC

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A PAIR OF JADE SILK WORM-FORM PENDANTS
LATE HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3500-3000 BC
Each pendant is carved in the form of a silk worm and incised at one end with its head and on the other end with shallow grooves depicting its body.
1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 2
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 2

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