A DARKISH GREEN JADE BUFFALO-FORM PENDANT

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC

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A DARKISH GREEN JADE BUFFALO-FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC
The jade is carved in the form of a buffalo standing foursquare with its head facing forward with pointed ears and backward curving horns. A tiny circular aperture is drilled through the chin and the lower mouth.
1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) wide, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1992

Lot Essay

Compare to a similar jade carving of buffalo 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. 146.

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