A GREENISH-WHITE JADE FISH-FORM PENDANT

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC

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A GREENISH-WHITE JADE FISH-FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC
The jade is thinly carved as a flattened fish with an upturned nose shown in profile, with incised eyes, and fins filled fine parallel lines. The semi-translucent stone is of a pale greenish-white tone with some opaque inclusions and minor russet areas.
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990

Lot Essay

Compare to a pair of similar jade fish-form pendants carved from the same piece of stone 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. 24 (33, 34).

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