A VERY RARE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE TABLET PENDANT

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23.09.2022 08:30UTC -04:00
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Lot 823 | A VERY RARE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE TABLET PENDANT
A VERY RARE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE TABLET PENDANT

MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC

The irregularly shaped rectangular pendant is finely carved on either side in low relief with a design of a kneeling humanoid figure with long, incised hair arched back behind the head, surmounting the animal masks. The softly polished stone is of a creamy white tone with light streaks of brown and is pierced with a single hole for suspension.

5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high





Provenance

Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1995.





Literature

J. Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Italy, 2016, p. 56, no. 112.





Exhibited

From the Lands of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex, Montreal, 16 November 2016-19 March 2017; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.

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