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A WHITE AND BEIGE JADE FISH-FORM PENDANT
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The thick pendant is of curved shape, and is fnely carved with overlapping petal-form scales on both sides
and diamond lozenges on the back. The head is pierced with a hole for suspension. The opaque white jade
has an area of beige inclusion on one side.
2√ in. (7.5 cm.) long
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE
A. W. Bahr and E. H. Bahr Collection, 1963.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections.
Else Sackler.
Elizabeth A. Sackler.

Compare the late Shang jade fsh pendant from Subutun, Qingzhou, Shandong province, carved with
very similar scales on the body and with long double lines ending in scrolls on the tail, illustrated by Gu
Fang in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 4, Beijing, 2005, p. 136.
商晚期/西周早期 白玉褐沁魚形珮

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