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WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
Details
A CELADON JADE ‘PHOENIX’ COMB
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The comb is finely carved in openwork on both sides of the arched handle with a pair of phoenix facing each other, all above ten tines.
2 in. (5.2 cm.) long, box
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The comb is finely carved in openwork on both sides of the arched handle with a pair of phoenix facing each other, all above ten tines.
2 in. (5.2 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 64, pp. 182-183
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 64
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Priscilla Kong