A DARK GREEN JADE PARROT-FORM PENDANT SHANG DYNASTY , C. 1600-1046 BC The jade is carved as a parrot shown in profile, incised on both sides with double-line grooves delineating various features including circular eyes, folded wings and hooked tail feathers. The pendant is pierced at the base. The semi-translucent stone has a dark olive-green colour with small areas of white opaque alteration. 2 ¾ in. (6.8 cm.) long, box Provenance T.B. Walker Foundation, Minneapolis C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 1 November 1941-30 April 1942, no. 260 Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 29 November 1988, lot 7 Michael Weisbrod, Inc., New York Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in New York in 1990
A DARK GREEN JADE PARROT-FORM PENDANT SHANG DYNASTY , C. 1600-1046 BC The jade is carved as a parrot shown in profile, incised on both sides with double-line grooves delineating various features including circular eyes, folded wings and hooked tail feathers. The pendant is pierced at the base. The semi-translucent stone has a dark olive-green colour with small areas of white opaque alteration. 2 ¾ in. (6.8 cm.) long, box Provenance T.B. Walker Foundation, Minneapolis C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 1 November 1941-30 April 1942, no. 260 Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 29 November 1988, lot 7 Michael Weisbrod, Inc., New York Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in New York in 1990
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