AN UNUSUAL CLOUDY GREY OPAQUE JADE FLANGED BRACELET

SHANG DYNASTY, POSSIBLY SANXINGDUI, SICHUAN PROVINCE, 2ND MILLENIUM BC

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AN UNUSUAL CLOUDY GREY OPAQUE JADE FLANGED BRACELET
SHANG DYNASTY, POSSIBLY SANXINGDUI, SICHUAN PROVINCE, 2ND MILLENIUM BC
Carved as a thin flat flange projecting from an inner collar with slightly inward-canted walls, the cloudy grey and buff opaque stone with satiny polish, pierced with two holes; together with a jade curved fish pendant carved from a section of a collared disc, Shang dynasty, the thin flat body carved on both sides with a circular eye and with a slashed groove bifurcating the tail, with striated markings on the dorsal and the pectoral fins that project laterally from the bottom edge, the head pierced with a conical hole, the stone now opaque and of tan color with traces of cinnabar
4¼ in. (10.9 cm.) diam. and 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) long (2)

Provenance

Flanged bracelet: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.
Fish pendant: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, prior to 1966.

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar grey opaque jade collared ring of late Shang date excavated from Sacrificial Pit No. 2 at Sanxingdui, Guanghan, Sichuan province, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China - 13 - Sichuan, Chongqing, Beijing, 2005, p. 36.

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