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MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
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A TWO-SECTIONED PALE CELADON JADE ‘PHOENIX’ ORNAMENT
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
Each of the fittings are carved with notched edges and one is decorated similarly with a phoenix head conforming to both sides. The other is decorated almost identically on both sides with the body of the bird.
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) long, box
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
Each of the fittings are carved with notched edges and one is decorated similarly with a phoenix head conforming to both sides. The other is decorated almost identically on both sides with the body of the bird.
4 1/2 in. (11.5 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. 115
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 115
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