A YELLOWISH-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘BIRD’ CIRCULAR PENDANT

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY , C. 1100 – 771 BC

Details

A YELLOWISH-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘BIRD’ CIRCULAR PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY , C. 1100 – 771 BC
The pendant is incised on both sides with single and double groove lines to depict a bird with a hooked beak coiled around the central aperture.
2 in. (5 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

Lot Essay

A nearly identical jade ‘bird’ circular pendant was excavated from tomb no. BRM1-jia of the Western Zhou Yu State tomb complex at Baoji city, Shaanxi province, illustrated in Yuguo Jade Wares, Beijing, 2010, p. 55, which was discovered close to a string of agate pendants and was thus likely to have been worn as a part of a suite of ornaments.

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