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EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH-5TH CENTURY BC
Details
A Long Olive-Green Jade Rectangular Bead
Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn period, 6th-5th century BC
Of rectangular form tapering slightly towards the notched, narrow sides and pierced lengthwise, each side carved in low, rounded relief with seven dragon heads forming segments and incised with fine hair markings and scales, the greyish olive-green stone with some opaque buff alteration
4 7/16in. (11.7cm.) long
Falk Collection no. 505.
Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn period, 6th-5th century BC
Of rectangular form tapering slightly towards the notched, narrow sides and pierced lengthwise, each side carved in low, rounded relief with seven dragon heads forming segments and incised with fine hair markings and scales, the greyish olive-green stone with some opaque buff alteration
4 7/16in. (11.7cm.) long
Falk Collection no. 505.
Provenance
D. David-Weill Collection, Paris
Exhibited
Selections of Chinese Art from Private Collections, New York, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1986, no. 13.