Lot 870
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A MOTTLED RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE 'CICADA' BEAD
A MOTTLED RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE 'CICADA' BEAD
A MOTTLED RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE 'CICADA' BEAD
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A MOTTLED RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE 'CICADA' BEAD

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC

Details
A MOTTLED RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE 'CICADA' BEAD
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC
215⁄16 in. (7.4 cm.) long
Provenance
Warren Cox, New York, 27 March 1969.

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Lot Essay

Compare the smaller (3.5 cm.) jade tubular bead minimally carved to resemble a cicada, dated late Neolithic period-early Shang dynasty, 2nd-1st millennium BC, sold in The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Part III – Chinese Works of Art: Qing Ceramics, Glass and Jade Carvings; Christie’s New York, 19 March 2015, lot 566.

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