A RARE OPAQUE MOTTLED GREENISH-GREY JADE TIGER-FORM PLAQUE

SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200 BC

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A RARE OPAQUE MOTTLED GREENISH-GREY JADE TIGER-FORM PLAQUE
SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200 BC
The thick plaque carved on both sides in double-line outline with the large head, open jaws, and foreleg of the crouching beast, with angular scrolls on the body and notched border along the backbone and tail, with a conical hole drilled through the ear
5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) long, fitted box

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A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.

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This large plaque, which could be either a tiger or a kuei dragon, is similar to one of slightly smaller size (4 3/8 in.), described as a tiger, in the Sonnenschein Collection illustrated by A. Salmony, Carved Jade of Ancient China, Berkeley, California, 1938, pl. XIV (2). The style of carving is very similar, as is the jade.