A GROUP OF TEN JADE ORNAMENTS
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A GROUP OF TEN JADE ORNAMENTS

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC

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A GROUP OF TEN JADE ORNAMENTS
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The set consists of six jade ornaments in various sizes simulating fish and four jade huang.

Longest: 4 ¼ in. (10.5 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
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This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

This group of ornaments are classic shapes of jades during the Western Zhou dynasty, similar examples were excavated from the Yu state tomb, such as four jade carvings of fish, each varies slightly in shape, are illustrated in Yuguo Jade Wares, Beijing, 2005, pp.320-323.

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