A WELL-CARVED GREYISH-GREEN JADE RECTANGULAR BEAD
A WELL-CARVED GREYISH-GREEN JADE RECTANGULAR BEAD
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A WELL-CARVED GREYISH-GREEN JADE RECTANGULAR BEAD

EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 6TH-5TH CENTURY BC

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A WELL-CARVED GREYISH-GREEN JADE RECTANGULAR BEAD
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 6TH-5TH CENTURY BC
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long, cloth box
Provenance
In the United States by 2002.

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Lot Essay

Similar scroll pattern incorporating circular ‘eyes’ and rolled snouts suggestive of dragon heads can be found on two jade beads dated Eastern Zhou dynasty, 6th-5th century BC, sold in Fine Chinese Art from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection; Christie’s New York, 18 March 2009, lot 313. Another similar jade bead is illustrated by Bo Zhongmo in Guyu Jingying (The Art of Jade Carving in Ancient China), Taiwan, 1989-90, p. 105, no. 36, where it is compared to a similar bead excavated from a Spring and Autumn tomb in Henan province.

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