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ਠ ͣ A WHITE JADE HANDLE, ਠ ͗ A JADE 'BIRD-HEAD' GE-SHAPED PENDANT,
͗ SHANG DYNASTY ௢ SHANG DYNASTY
ݛ the upper part of the handle rendered with a small grip, one side gently convex and the other side flat, each side divided into three ࠯ modelled in the form of a thin ge-blade, softly polished with subtle bevelling, rendered with a crowned bird head with minimalistic eyes

Җ segments by ribbed lines, each segment incised with leaf-like motifs resembling a stylized cicada, vertically perforated in the centre ˑ and a hooked beak, the stone of a creamy beige tone
7.6 cm
13.4 cm
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PROVENANCE Ը๕j भ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 20th August 1986. τܠჃdॲߒd1986ϋ8˜20˚ Pin Chen Tang, Hong Kong, 16th July 1988. ۜޜੀd࠰ಥd1988ϋ7˜16˚
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995. British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
LITERATURE LITERATURE
̈وj ̈وj
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, pl. 13:1. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d London, 1995, pl. 10:27. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو13:1 ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو10:27
HK$ 60,000-80,000 HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 7,700-10,200 US$ 3,850-6,400

An excavated jade handle of a similar shape from Erlitou, but
detailed with masks interspersed with petal motifs, is included in
Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji / The Complete Collection of Jades
Unearthed in China, vol. 5: Henan, Beijing, 2005, p. 9, together with a
slightly later petal-decorated example discovered in the tomb of Fu
Hao, p. 50, and two other Anyang inscribed handles of much simpler
forms, pp. 81-82.

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