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A RARE CELADON JADE BIRD-
FORM HAIR ORNAMENT
SHIJIAHE CULTURE, CIRCA 2500-2000 BC
The tapering hair ornament is carved to the top with a mythical
bird with wings folded at the back. The semi-translucent stone is
of a yellowish-green tone with some russet veining and inclusions.
There is a small circular aperture around the mid-section of the
ornament drilled for suspension.
3 ƒ in. (9.1 cm.) long, box
US$26,000-38,000
HK$200,000-300,000
PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
The semi-translucent stone is of an even celadon tone. The top section
has some purplish inclusions while the tip appears light russet.

The ornament has an elongated conical shape. The top is carved with
an eagle’s head, with wings folded, legs straight, and talons tucked in.
The conical tip would have functioned as a tenon tongue for the mortise
hole cut into the corresponding element.
Hair ornaments with bird motifs form a distinctive category among jades
from the Shejiahe Culture.

Compare with a similar jade ornament discovered at Zaolingang, Hubei
Province, now in the Jingzhou Museum, illustrated in Jade Objects in the
Shijiahe Culture, 2008, p. 109, no. 73 (fig. 1), which is shorter (5 cm.)
and russet in tone. (rubbing ᑃ‷) Rubbing by Tsai Chinyun
ᑃ‷ㅳה厍⹔㢶㫡
(Text by Wang Mingda)

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⻤⊏ྒྷᏑ⯠⻦卿 ჺ㐟ᙻझ࢈
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⛁卿㺠‣ᆜࡷݤश卿Ӵ⛘஋㢣ₕ卿Ꮀ஋᥹⯝ឣ⢑भǯ
㺠ᆨ⛣ᛓ⒢།ᯇᙔࢇℱ଍ԋ㯄ᝳ⁞ⰰ⎏଍♎ǯ
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fig. 1 Photo provided by Wang Mingda
எӬ எ‷⊐ℳᚺ㙤ᓽ؊
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