During the Shang dynasty, various animals and insects were rendered in remarkably realistic forms and cicadas, being the symbol of rebirth, were one of the most commonly represented animal/insect forms both in the Shang dynasty and subsequently throughout Chinese history.
Wu Hong, ibid refers to a jade cicada discovered in the Dasikong village and also describes a stone cicada found in the Fu Hao tomb (c. 1200 B.C.) He comments "Interestingly, similar formal characteristics are found on a black jade cicada from the Godfrey collection"