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A GROUP OF ARCHAIC JADE
ZOOMORPHIC PENDANTS
Western Zhou Dynasty
Comprising: a mottled jade carving of a
leaping fish, finely incised with round eyes,
scales and curved gills; another fish pendant,
from mottled white and spinach jade, of
simple carving with round eyes, curved gills
and simply incised fins and dorsals; a further
green/grey jade fish of linear design and
similarly incised; and a mottled green and
russet jade tiger, with large round eyes and
finely incised ears, nose and paws, all with
fitted boxes.
9cm (2 1/2in) wide (8).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$29,000 - 49,000
CNY27,000 - 44,000

Provenance
539 all acquired from Rare Art inc., New York,
circa 1972.
540
A JADE ‘CORMORANT’ PLAQUE AND A
JADE ‘GOOSE’ PENDANT
Western Zhou Dynasty
The cormorant carved from creamy jade,
with finely incised stylised detail, the bird
swimming and holding a fish in its beak, the
stone with russet and black encrustations,
fitted box; the goose recumbent, from a thin
plaque also of creamy jade with extensive
russet inclusions, carved as a silhouette with
simply incised round eyes and a pierced hole
by the shoulder, fitted box.
The cormorant: 5cm (2in.) high (4).
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 29,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

Provenance
acquired from Rare Art, New York, circa
1972.

For a slightly more elaborate figure of
a cormorant see The British Museum,
collection no. 1937,0416.175

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