Lot Essay
The carving and decoration of the second bead are stylistically similar to that of a jade ornament from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections sold in these rooms, 18 March 2009, lot 280 (part).
LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD/WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 2ND-1ST MILLENIUM BC
Details
TWO GREYISH-OLIVE JADE BEADS
LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD/WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 2ND-1ST MILLENIUM BC
One of flared funnel shape, engraved around the sides with concentric linear bands, the semi-translucent stone with some areas of opaque ivory alteration; the other a flat oblong, carved on both sides with the angular bodies of two serpents with pointed heads, and on the narrow sides with diamond pattern, with a channel carved from both ends, the pale olive stone now mostly altered to an opaque ivory color
1½ and 1 5/8 in. (3.8 and 4.1 cm.) long (2)
LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD/WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 2ND-1ST MILLENIUM BC
One of flared funnel shape, engraved around the sides with concentric linear bands, the semi-translucent stone with some areas of opaque ivory alteration; the other a flat oblong, carved on both sides with the angular bodies of two serpents with pointed heads, and on the narrow sides with diamond pattern, with a channel carved from both ends, the pale olive stone now mostly altered to an opaque ivory color
1½ and 1 5/8 in. (3.8 and 4.1 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Both: C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, acquired prior to 1977.
Frank Caro, New York, acquired prior to 1977.
Exhibited
Both: An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, February 1950, pl. XXXVI (4) and pl. LIX (6), respectively.
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