A VERY RARE GREYISH-GREEN JADE BIRD-FORM FINIAL/INSIGNIA

Lot 704
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Lot 704 | A VERY RARE GREYISH-GREEN JADE BIRD-FORM FINIAL/INSIGNIA
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$ 80 000 – 120 000
A VERY RARE GREYISH-GREEN JADE BIRD-FORM FINIAL/INSIGNIA

LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

The pendant is carved in the round as a bird with folded wings, seen in profile with a short hooked beak and upturned crest bifurcated by a notch. The details of the head, wings and tail are delineated by double grooves. The lower body tapers towards the bottom tab which is pierced from both sides. The stone is of an even greyish-green tone with minimal opaque white mottling.

3 in. (7.7 cm.) long, metal stand





Provenance

Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York, March 1949.

Myron S. (1906-1992) and Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000) Collection, New York, no. 501.

The Falk Collection I; Christie's New York, 16 October 2001, lot 195.



Literature

Chinese Art Society of America, Small Sculpture: Shang Through Sung Dynasties, New York, 1954, no. 5.

China Institute in America, Art Styles of the Ancient Shang from Private and Museum Collections, New York, 1967, p. 34, no. 59.



Exhibited

New York, Chinese Art Society of America, Small Sculpture: Shang Through Sung Dynasties, 19 February – 17 April 1954.

On loan: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1965, no. L.65.46.6.

New York, China Institute in America, Art Styles of the Ancient Shang from Private and Museum Collections, 5 April – 11 June 1967.

Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 2001-2022.

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