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MID-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, CIRCA 140-87 BC
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A GREENISH-YELLOW JADE ‘PHOENIX-HEAD’ HAIR PIN
MID-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, CIRCA 140-87 BC
The hair pin is carved to the top with a phoenix terminal, its body emerging to a long shaft, incised with fine lines depicting a s-shape motif, tapering towards the pointed tip.
8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm.) long, box
MID-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, CIRCA 140-87 BC
The hair pin is carved to the top with a phoenix terminal, its body emerging to a long shaft, incised with fine lines depicting a s-shape motif, tapering towards the pointed tip.
8 7/16 in. (21.4 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. 229
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 229
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