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EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Details
TWO PALE OLIVE JADE OPENWORK ORNAMENTS
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH-3RD CENTURY BC
One of scrolled outline, perhaps representing addorsed dragons with outward-facing heads at the upper corners, carved on one side in low relief with scrolls, the reverse slightly convex, the semi-translucent stone with some areas of brown color; the other of oblong shape with bird's head-form scrolls projecting from the narrow sides and a coiled scroll in the center opening, with double-line decoration on both sides, the stone semi-translucent
l 9/16 and 2 1/16 in. (4 and 5.1 cm.) across (2)
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH-3RD CENTURY BC
One of scrolled outline, perhaps representing addorsed dragons with outward-facing heads at the upper corners, carved on one side in low relief with scrolls, the reverse slightly convex, the semi-translucent stone with some areas of brown color; the other of oblong shape with bird's head-form scrolls projecting from the narrow sides and a coiled scroll in the center opening, with double-line decoration on both sides, the stone semi-translucent
l 9/16 and 2 1/16 in. (4 and 5.1 cm.) across (2)
Provenance
First: Chang Nai-chi Collection.
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1961.
Second: Chang Nai-chi Collection.
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1963.
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1961.
Second: Chang Nai-chi Collection.
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1963.
Exhibited
Both: Archaic Chinese Jades, The University Museum, Philadelphia, 1940, pl. XVI, nos. 309 and 303, respectively.
First: An Exhibition of Chinese Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1950, pl. LV (1).
Chinese Jades Through the Centuries from Private and Museum Collections, China House Gallery, New York, October 1968 - January 1969, no. 20.
First: An Exhibition of Chinese Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1950, pl. LV (1).
Chinese Jades Through the Centuries from Private and Museum Collections, China House Gallery, New York, October 1968 - January 1969, no. 20.
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