A WHITE JADE 'PHOENIX' ORNAMENT

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC

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A WHITE JADE 'PHOENIX' ORNAMENT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The jade is decorated similarly with a phoenix conforming to both sides. It is pierced to the top with an aperture for suspension.
4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

Lot Essay

A larger jade ornament (22.2 cm.) decoratd with a similar phoenix and another phoenix without crown beneath it, was excavated from tomb no. BRM1-jia, of the Western Zhou Yu State tomb complex at Baoji city, Shaanxi province, illustrated in Yuguo jade Wares, Beijing, 2010, pp.12-13.

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