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LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200 B.C.
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A RARE DARK GREY-GREEN JADE BEAD
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200 B.C.
The thick-walled bead is carved with a central biconical channel and the sides are decorated in thread-relief with two taotie masks flanking a rectangular crest carved with a grooved chevron design. The tops of the horns projecting above the edge of the convex top, with two narrow grooves carved across the base. The stone is of greyish-green colour with some small areas of buff alteration.
1 ¼ in. (3.3cm.) wide
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200 B.C.
The thick-walled bead is carved with a central biconical channel and the sides are decorated in thread-relief with two taotie masks flanking a rectangular crest carved with a grooved chevron design. The tops of the horns projecting above the edge of the convex top, with two narrow grooves carved across the base. The stone is of greyish-green colour with some small areas of buff alteration.
1 ¼ in. (3.3cm.) wide
Provenance
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Christie's New York, Fine Chinese Art from the Arthur M.Sackler Collections, 18 March 2009, lot 279.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Christie's New York, Fine Chinese Art from the Arthur M.Sackler Collections, 18 March 2009, lot 279.
Exhibited
Norton Gallery of Art, An Exhibition of Archaic Jades, West Palm Beach, Florida, 20 January-1 March 1950, pl. XIV (3).
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