A JADE BIRD-SHAPED PENDANT
A JADE BIRD-SHAPED PENDANT

MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC

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A JADE BIRD-SHAPED PENDANT
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
The pendant is carved and pierced as a stylised mythical bird of flattened s-shaped form decorated with fine incisions.
3 15/16 in. (10 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 99
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 99

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