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EIGHT SMALL TURQUOISE PENDANTS
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
comprising four silkworms, a rabbit and three animal masks, the stone of pale to darker turquoise tone with occasional dark rivering
西周 綠松石珮飾一組八件
largest l. 3.7 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 turquoise pendants of the Western Zhou dynasty. A turquoise taotie mask excavated at the site of the late
Shang or early Western Zhou cemetery in Qianzhang, Tengzhou, Shandong province is illustrated in the catalogue of the
special exhibition at the Shenzhen Museum, Yushi zhi hun: Zhongguo she hui ke xue yuan kao gu yan jiu suo fa jue chu tu
shang zhou yu qi jing pin [Soul of jade and stone: Selected jades from Shang and Zhou dynasties excavated by the Institute of
Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences], Beijing, 2013, p. 139, where a similarly carved jade pendant to the current
rabbit is also illustrated, p. 137.

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