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LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 12TH-MID-10TH CENTURY BC
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AN OPAQUE JADE BEE-FORM PENDANT
LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 12TH-MID-10TH CENTURY BC
The insect is depicted with large eyes and decorated with carved markings on the wings. The realistically carved lower body and underside is rendered with incised lines.
2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm.) long, box
LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 12TH-MID-10TH CENTURY BC
The insect is depicted with large eyes and decorated with carved markings on the wings. The realistically carved lower body and underside is rendered with incised lines.
2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 102
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 102
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