A RARE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE BIRD-FORM FINIAL/INSIGNIA
SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE, CIRCA 1200 BC
A RARE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE BIRD-FORM FINIAL/INSIGNIA SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE, CIRCA 1200 BC The flat plaque carved as a bird, probably an owl, shown in profile, with short hooked beak and two forward-curled crest feathers above a prominent ear, the wing extending from the rounded breast and curling at the tip above the down-curved tail, with a short pierced tab below the claw, the translucent stone with some opaque buff mottling at the top of the head, traces of cinnabar and some earth accretions 3 in. (7.7 cm.) high
A RARE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE BIRD-FORM FINIAL/INSIGNIA
SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE, CIRCA 1200 BC
A RARE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE BIRD-FORM FINIAL/INSIGNIA SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE, CIRCA 1200 BC The flat plaque carved as a bird, probably an owl, shown in profile, with short hooked beak and two forward-curled crest feathers above a prominent ear, the wing extending from the rounded breast and curling at the tip above the down-curved tail, with a short pierced tab below the claw, the translucent stone with some opaque buff mottling at the top of the head, traces of cinnabar and some earth accretions 3 in. (7.7 cm.) high
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