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A PALE CELADON-GRAY JADE HARE PENDANT
Western Zhou Dynasty
The flattened animal shown in profile with large ears raised and the
large eyes simply delineated, pierced at the hind-quarters, a groove
running along the underside of the belly and legs.
2in (4.5cm) long
$3,000 - 5,000
For a calcified jade example dated to the late Shang or early Western
Zhou dynasty, see J.J.Lally & Co., Arts of China, May-June 1990, no.
4. Compare also with pendants illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Chinese
Archaic Jades in the British Museum, London, 1951, pl. XXVII, B and C.
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