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EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, MID-11TH-MID-10TH CENTURY BC
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A GREEN JADE ANIMAL MASK ORNAMENT
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, MID-11TH-MID-10TH CENTURY BC
The stone is well carved on one side as an animal mask with thick brows above bulging eyes, two swirl-horns and a single, short horn. The back is flat and pierced for suspension.
1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) long
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, MID-11TH-MID-10TH CENTURY BC
The stone is well carved on one side as an animal mask with thick brows above bulging eyes, two swirl-horns and a single, short horn. The back is flat and pierced for suspension.
1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) long
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 81
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 81
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