A VERY RARE BONE HAIR PIN
A VERY RARE BONE HAIR PIN

SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

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A VERY RARE BONE HAIR PIN
SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The long, tapering pin surmounted by a seated bird shown in profile, with large open beak, circular eye, curled crest, compressed body carved with wings, and long pendent tail feathers, with fine serrated edges to the crest, body and tail
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) long
Provenance
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
C.T. Loo Collection.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Literature
R. Soame Jenyns, "Chinese Carvings in Elephant Ivory", TOCS, vol. 27, 1951-53, pp. 37-59, pl. 10, fig. 2 (third from left).
Warren E. Cox, Chinese Ivory Sculpture, New York, 1946, pl. 4 (third from left).
Exhibited
Columbia University, New York, February 1965.

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