AN UNUSUAL GREY AND PALE BROWN JADE ARCHAISTIC OBLONG BEAD

SONG/MING DYNASTY, 12TH-17TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL GREY AND PALE BROWN JADE ARCHAISTIC OBLONG BEAD
SONG/MING DYNASTY, 12TH-17TH CENTURY
Thick-walled, well carved in high relief with two chilong crawling atop a central band of bosses and bands of petals at either end, the opaque stone of mottled grey and pale brown color
3 in. (7.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Pan Asian Collection; Christie's, New York, 23-24 June 1982, lot 382.

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Lot Essay

The shape and boss decoration of this unusual jade bead is based on late Eastern Zhou dynasty prototypes, such as the bead of more tapering form carved with a broad band of bosses, in the Winthrop Collection, illustrated by M. Loehr, Ancient Chinese Jades, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1975, no. 498.

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