LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 14TH-MID-11TH CENTURY BC

Similar bird-form pendants have been excavated from the late Shang dynasty tomb of Fuhao at Anyang, including two that are illustrated in Yinxu Yuqi (Jades from the Yin Sites at Anyang), Beijing, 1982, pls. 44 and 57. Although the present lot is shown with unfinished carvings to both sides, there are clear similarities to the form and carving style. They are all depicted with a closely related tall crested crown with notched edges, hooked beaks and protruding rounded breast.