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LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A PALE GREENISH-YELLOW AND RUSSET TIGER-FORM PENDANT
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The flattened pendant is carved as a tiger in profile with trapezoidal eye, short bottle horn and bent legs, with a hole drilled through the coiled tail and another through the mouth. The soft polished stone is of a pale greenish-yellow tone with some russet inclusions and partially altered surfaces.
1 9/16 in. (4.1 cm.) wide, box
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The flattened pendant is carved as a tiger in profile with trapezoidal eye, short bottle horn and bent legs, with a hole drilled through the coiled tail and another through the mouth. The soft polished stone is of a pale greenish-yellow tone with some russet inclusions and partially altered surfaces.
1 9/16 in. (4.1 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
Dr. Robert Bloch
Sold at Christie’s New York, 3 December 1992, lot 184
Lantien Shanfang Collection, Taipei
Sold at Christie’s New York, 3 December 1992, lot 184
Lantien Shanfang Collection, Taipei
Literature
Robert Bloch, Jade, Munich, 1979, p. 79, no. 24, and bottom col. pl. opposite p. 81