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TWO JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANTS
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
Both are similarly carved as a silhouette of a bird with angular
head, and a sharply pointed beak. The wing feathers are
embellished with incised lines which rise out of the scrolls that
form the breast. The bifurcated tail seems to be that of a fish.
Both are pierced through the breast with a small hole. Both the
jade surfaces have signs of alteration.
Larger: 2 √ in. (7.4 cm.) long, box (2)
HK$40,000-60,000 US$5,200-7,800

PROVENANCE
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1989
Compare a pair of similar jade carvings of bird excavated from tomb
no.BRM1-yi of the Western Zhou Yu State tomb complex at Baoji city,
Shaanxi province, illustrated in Yuguo Jade Wares, Beijing, 2010, pp.
132-133. Compare also a similar one in the National Palace Museum
Collection (fig. 1).

西周 玉鳥形珮两件

來源
養德堂舊藏，1989 年購於台北

陝西省寳雞市西周 國墓群中的 BRM1 乙號墓曾出土一對類似設計的
玉鳥，著於《 國玉器》，北京，2010 年，頁 132-133。另可比較一
件國立故宮博物院藏品（圖一）。

fig. 1 Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
圖一 國立故宮博物院藏品

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