A GREENISH-YELLOW JADE FISH-FORM PENDANT
A GREENISH-YELLOW JADE FISH-FORM PENDANT
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A GREENISH-YELLOW JADE FISH-FORM PENDANT

LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-9TH CENTURY BC

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A GREENISH-YELLOW JADE FISH-FORM PENDANT
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-9TH CENTURY BC
The pendant of arc-shape has a suspension hole in front of the head, and the tail has a cutting edge to be used as a tool. The features are well defined in grooved lines, and the stone is of greenish-yellow tone with extensive opaque alteration.
3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) long, cloth box
Provenance
Baron Klaus-Detlof (1894-1991) and Baroness Irene (1908-2007) von Oertzen Collection.
Christie's London, 4 November 2008, lot 113 (part).
Literature
S. Howard Hansford, Jade - Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969, no. A59, p. 51.

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