WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC

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A GROUP OF THREE JADE CARVINGS
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The group comprises a small celadon jade carving of a shell with a small circular aperture drilled on one end for suspension; a buffalo-head form pendant with a bi-conical hole drilled through the bottom and the lower rear end for suspension; and an animal mask ornament, with pierced for suspension on the reverse.
Longest: 1 1/2 in. (3.8cm.) long, box

Provenance

Jade shell: Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1988
Jade buffalo: Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1989
Jade Mask: Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1988

Lot Essay

For a similar carving of a jade shell imitating a mask, see an example excavated from the Guo State tomb in Sanmenxia, Henan province, illustrated in Sanmenxia Guo Guo mu, Beijing, 1999, pl. 70, no. 7 (M2001:672). For a similar jade buffalo-head form pendant, refer to an example excavated from the Qianzhangda site, Tengzhou, Shandong province, illustrated in Tengzhou Qianzhangda mudi, Beijing, 2005, col. pl. 62. For a similar carving of jade animal mask, compare to an example excavated from Rui State tomb in Liangdai county, Shannxi, illustrated in Golden Age of the Rui State, Shanghai, 2012, no.123 (fig. 1).

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