A RARE WHITE JADE TWO-PART ARCHAISTIC HANGING TALLY-FORM PENDANT
18TH CENTURY
A RARE WHITE JADE TWO-PART ARCHAISTIC HANGING TALLY-FORM PENDANT 18TH CENTURY Finely carved as a locking two-part 'tally' of shaped rectangular form, each side centered by a roundel, that on one side centered by a yinyang symbol encircled by eight archaistic characters, the roundel on the reverse with four characters flanked by archaistic birds, carved at the bottom on each side with a taotie mask flanked by bats that form the lower corners while the upper corners are formed by archaistic birds, their beaks enclosing the bottom links of the two chains that are pendent from a shaped locking yoke carved in the center on each side with two different characters, all carved from one piece of semi-translucent jade of even white tone 9 in. (22.9 cm.) high overall, box
A RARE WHITE JADE TWO-PART ARCHAISTIC HANGING TALLY-FORM PENDANT
18TH CENTURY
A RARE WHITE JADE TWO-PART ARCHAISTIC HANGING TALLY-FORM PENDANT 18TH CENTURY Finely carved as a locking two-part 'tally' of shaped rectangular form, each side centered by a roundel, that on one side centered by a yinyang symbol encircled by eight archaistic characters, the roundel on the reverse with four characters flanked by archaistic birds, carved at the bottom on each side with a taotie mask flanked by bats that form the lower corners while the upper corners are formed by archaistic birds, their beaks enclosing the bottom links of the two chains that are pendent from a shaped locking yoke carved in the center on each side with two different characters, all carved from one piece of semi-translucent jade of even white tone 9 in. (22.9 cm.) high overall, box
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