LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200-1100 BC
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TWO SMALL JADE NECKLACE CLOSING DEVICES
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200-1100 BC
Both in the form of a simple mask with oblong eyes and tall upright ears, one of greyish-white stone with russet alteration, with slightly convex front, the nose carved at the bottom edge, with a biconical hole drilled through the forehead, the other flatter, the ears and narrow sides beveled, drilled below the eyes with a biconical hole that pierces a channel in the back, the stone now of olive-brown color with opaque buff alteration
1 5/8 and 1 7/8 in. (4.2 and 4.8 cm.) high (2)
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200-1100 BC
Both in the form of a simple mask with oblong eyes and tall upright ears, one of greyish-white stone with russet alteration, with slightly convex front, the nose carved at the bottom edge, with a biconical hole drilled through the forehead, the other flatter, the ears and narrow sides beveled, drilled below the eyes with a biconical hole that pierces a channel in the back, the stone now of olive-brown color with opaque buff alteration
1 5/8 and 1 7/8 in. (4.2 and 4.8 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
First: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.
Second: C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Second: C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Exhibited
Second: Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, February 1950, pl. XXVII (7).
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