A RARE WHITE JADE ‘PHOENIX’ CYLINDER

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (C. 1100-771 BC)

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A RARE WHITE JADE ‘PHOENIX’ CYLINDER
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (C. 1100-771 BC)
The upper and lower sections are demarcated by two horizontal ridged borders. Incised around the upper section is a band in a stylised lotus lappet pattern and surrounding the lower part are two stylised scrolling phoenix motifs. The semi-translucent stone is of a white tone with dark russet veins and inclusions.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long, box

Provenance

The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999

Literature

Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 111, p.188

Exhibited

National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 111

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Lot Essay

Two excavated jade ornaments dated Western Zhou period with very similar decoration of bird, but of different shapes are in the collection of Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. See The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China-Shanxi, vol. 3, Beijing, 2005, pp. 100 and 138.

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