LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC

Compare the smaller (3.5 cm.) jade tubular bead minimally carved to resemble a cicada, dated late Neolithic period-early Shang dynasty, 2nd-1st millennium BC, sold in The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Part III – Chinese Works of Art: Qing Ceramics, Glass and Jade Carvings; Christie’s New York, 19 March 2015, lot 566.