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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
TWO OPAQUE IVORY-COLORED JADE PENDANTS
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
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TWO OPAQUE IVORY-COLORED JADE PENDANTS
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
One is a faceted awl-shaped pendant, with one end tapering to a point and the other with a small projection pierced for suspension, and is carved with a pair of raised bands above a short raised band at each corner. The other pendant is of bell shape with a flat bottom and a pierced projection at the top. Together with a buff-grey jade flattened ornament of irregular shape with central aperture drilled from one side surrounded by four smaller holes.
The larger, 1 ½ in. (4.5 cm.) high
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
One is a faceted awl-shaped pendant, with one end tapering to a point and the other with a small projection pierced for suspension, and is carved with a pair of raised bands above a short raised band at each corner. The other pendant is of bell shape with a flat bottom and a pierced projection at the top. Together with a buff-grey jade flattened ornament of irregular shape with central aperture drilled from one side surrounded by four smaller holes.
The larger, 1 ½ in. (4.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.
Brought to you by
Olivia Hamilton