Lot Essay
A jade carving of tiger with similar design was excavated from Qianzhang, Shandong province, illustrated in Tengzhou qianzhang damudi, 2005, Beijing, col.pl.57.
.jpg?w=1)
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
Details
A JADE TIGER-FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The flattened pendant is carved as a tiger in profile with circular eyes, round snout and legs crouched, with a hole drilled through the mouth.
3 ¾ in. (9.6 cm.) long, box
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The flattened pendant is carved as a tiger in profile with circular eyes, round snout and legs crouched, with a hole drilled through the mouth.
3 ¾ in. (9.6 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990