A GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF A GOOSE

SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC

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A GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF A GOOSE
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
The jade is carved in the round as a standing goose with reticulated wings. Both sides are incised with double-line details. The semi-translucent stone is of a pale greenish-white tone with opaque and russet veining and minor inclusions.
2 ¾ in. (6.9 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Acquired in Chicago in 1993

Lot Essay

A nearly identical carving of a standing goose similarly incised with double-line decoration but without the openwork details was excavated from the tomb of the Shang queen Fu Hao at Yinxu, Anyang, Henan province, illustrated in The Jades from Yinxu, Beijing, 1981, no. 51 (386).

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