Lot Essay
Compare to an almost identical bird-form pendant, also dating to the Western Han dynasty, in the Aurora Museum Collection, illustrated in Jades of Han Dynasty, Taipei, 2005, p. 75 (fig. 1).
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WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Details
A SMALL JADE BIRD-FORM PENDANT
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The pendant is shaped as a bird in profile with wings spread out in flight.
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long, box
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The pendant is shaped as a bird in profile with wings spread out in flight.
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1996
Literature
Orientations, October 1995
Brought to you by
Liang-Lin Chen (陳良玲)
VP, Senior Specialist Head of Sale