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THREE SMALL CELADON JADE SILKWORM PENDANTS
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
each with a layered, bamboo-like body of tapering form, detailed with large round eyes, the stones range from pale celadon to
darker green tones
西周 玉蠶一組三件
largest l. 3.1 cm, 1½ in.
HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,550-3,850

PROVENANCE 來源
J. J. Lally & Co., New York. 藍理捷，紐約

It is rare to find jade silkworm pendants of this fine quality, in such a good state of preservation. An individual example in
Harvard Art Museum, object no. 1943.50.194, is illustrated in Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese
Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1975, cat. no. 310.

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