Details
FOUR EARLY JADE CARVINGS, SHANG DYNASTY (CA. 1600-1100BC) AND LATER
comprising a russet and gray jade cylindrical bead carved with a taotie mask; a pale greenish-gray elongated pendant; an octagonal pale grey cylinder bead and an hexagonal mottle grey finial; together with an archaistic white jade figure of a human, 18th Century; an archaistic reddish-brown Cong-form bead; and a further archaistic mottled black miniature sword pommel -- The longest, 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) long. (7)
comprising a russet and gray jade cylindrical bead carved with a taotie mask; a pale greenish-gray elongated pendant; an octagonal pale grey cylinder bead and an hexagonal mottle grey finial; together with an archaistic white jade figure of a human, 18th Century; an archaistic reddish-brown Cong-form bead; and a further archaistic mottled black miniature sword pommel -- The longest, 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) long. (7)
Provenance
First and Second: Acquired prior to 1966; Third and Fourth: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 28th December 1964; Fifth: C.T. Loo & Co., New York. Frank Caro, New York, prior to 1966; Sixth and Seventh: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.
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