SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE, CIRCA 1200 BC
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A CARVED BONE FRAGMENT
SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE, CIRCA 1200 BC
Of spatula shape, carved on the convex side with three taotie masks of graduated size, the reverse plain; together with an ivory tapering tubular handle or fitting, the wider end hollowed and carved at the top with two taotie masks above a wider band of alternating pendent and upright blades
3 3/8 and 3 5/8 in. (8.6 and 9.2 cm.) long (2)
SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE, CIRCA 1200 BC
Of spatula shape, carved on the convex side with three taotie masks of graduated size, the reverse plain; together with an ivory tapering tubular handle or fitting, the wider end hollowed and carved at the top with two taotie masks above a wider band of alternating pendent and upright blades
3 3/8 and 3 5/8 in. (8.6 and 9.2 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
First: S.H. Minkenhof Collection.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Second: acquired prior to 1965.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Second: acquired prior to 1965.
Literature
Second: R. Soame Jenyns, "Chinese Carvings in Elephant Ivory", TOCS, vol. 27, 1951-53, pp. 37-59, pl. 9 (2 left).
Exhibited
Both: Columbia University, New York, February 1965.
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