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804
A YELLOWISH OLIVE-GREEN AND BROWN JADE CLAW-
SHAPED PENDANT
NORTHWEST CHINA, POSSIBLY KOREA, 3RD-2ND
MILLENNIUM BC
Of thick, rounded claw shape, the pendant is pierced from both
sides at the broad end.
2Ω in. (6 cm.) long
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1995.
新石器時代 中國北部 玉爪形珮
804
805
AN EARLY YELLOWISH OLIVE-GREEN AND BROWN
JADE HANDLE-FORM CARVING
SHANG DYNASTY (C. 1600-1100 BC)
The fat handle-form carving is slightly waisted between
two incised lines below the truncated conical tip, while the
somewhat tapered end is slightly beveled and pierced with a
bi-conical hole.
5¿ in. (13 cm.) long
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1995.
This jade handle-form carving is of the type illustrated by A.
Salmony, Archaic Chinese Jades from the Edward and Louise B.
Sonnenschein Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1952, pl.
XV, nos. 1 and 4.
商 玉柄形器
805
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