A RARE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE BIRD-FORM SEAL LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY Well carved as a seated bird, possibly a phoenix, with curved beak, short crest and bead-like eyes, with finely incised bands of striations and chevrons on the arched neck, layered wings and curved tail, pierced vertically through the top of the head and horizontally through the body, its long legs bent beneath its body atop a square base carved on the underside with the archaic character gong , the translucent stone softly polished and now with extensive opaque buff calcification--1 1/4 in. (3.2cm.) high, brocade box
A RARE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE BIRD-FORM SEAL LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY Well carved as a seated bird, possibly a phoenix, with curved beak, short crest and bead-like eyes, with finely incised bands of striations and chevrons on the arched neck, layered wings and curved tail, pierced vertically through the top of the head and horizontally through the body, its long legs bent beneath its body atop a square base carved on the underside with the archaic character gong , the translucent stone softly polished and now with extensive opaque buff calcification--1 1/4 in. (3.2cm.) high, brocade box
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