A SMALL JADE RABBIT-FORM PENDANT

SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC

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A SMALL JADE RABBIT-FORM PENDANT
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
The jade is carved as a rabbit shown crouching and carved on both sides. There is a tiny circular aperture pierced through the mouth and another through the chin for suspension. Much of the surface is covered under white alteration.
1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide, box

Provenance

Collection of Dr Cheng Te-k’un (1907-2001)
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in London in 1990

Lot Essay

A similar small carving of a jade rabbit-form pendant (3.61 cm. wide), dated to the Anyang period, was excavated from tomb no. 212, Anyang Sports Centre site, Henan province, included in the National Museum of China exhibition Shangyi yiyi, sifang zhiji, Yinxu wenwu li de wan Shang shengshi (Yinxu Relics from the Height of the Late Shang Period), see Catalogue, Anhui, 2013, p. 140, no. 95.

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