A PALE CELADON SHARK-FORM PENDANT

SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC

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A PALE CELADON SHARK-FORM PENDANT
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
The jade is carved in the form of a shark with a coiled mouth and a hole near the snout. The top of the head is incised with two oval eyes, in front of three lozenge-shaped markings on the body with further cross-hatched decoration on the abdomen. The stone is of a pale celadon tone with areas of opaque alteration.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) wide, box

来源

Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1988

拍品专文

Similar jade ‘fish’ pendants, with a slender profile and incised decoration, are illustrated by Huang Jun, Guyu tulu chuji, Beijing, 1939, juan 3, republished under the title Actual Size Pictorial Book of Ancient Chinese Jades, 1987, Hong Kong, p. 50.

SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC

拍品专文

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