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A DARK GREEN JADE RABBIT-FORM PENDANT
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY,
11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The pendant is carved as a recumbent rabbit, and is pierced through the fore
paws with a hole for suspension. The jade is of dark green color with areas of
white alteration.
1æ in. (4.2 cm.) long
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE
Frank Caro, New York, 1959.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections.
Else Sackler.
Elizabeth A. Sackler.
Compare the related small jade rabbit-form pendants dated early Western
Zhou dynasty, 11th-10th century BC, from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections,
sold at Christie’s New York, 25 March 2010, lot 1053.
商晚期/西周早期 青玉兔形珮
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