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LATE HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3500-3000 BC
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AN OPAQUE JADE ‘ANIMAL MASK’ STAFF FITTING
LATE HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3500-3000 BC
The thick-sided fitting is carved to each side with an animal mask, detailed with large circular eyes, nostrils and a long narrow mouth, surrounding a cylindrically hollowed centre.
2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm.) wide, box
LATE HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3500-3000 BC
The thick-sided fitting is carved to each side with an animal mask, detailed with large circular eyes, nostrils and a long narrow mouth, surrounding a cylindrically hollowed centre.
2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 3
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 3
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