THREE JADE ZOOMORPHIC PENDANTS
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
THREE JADE ZOOMORPHIC PENDANTS LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC One a semi-translucent pale greenish-white upright bird with hooked beak, crest, double grooves delineating the body, bent leg and pierced curled tail; one a greyish-green crouching bottle horn dragon with biconical hole drilled through the forward-curled tail in front of a tapering tab with beveled edges leading to the tip; the third a semi-translucent olive-green recumbent bird with deep grooves delineating the body on one side and the remains of other decoration, including a taotie mask, on the reverse 2¼ to 2 5/8 in. (5.7 to 6.7 cm.) long (3)
THREE JADE ZOOMORPHIC PENDANTS
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
THREE JADE ZOOMORPHIC PENDANTS LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC One a semi-translucent pale greenish-white upright bird with hooked beak, crest, double grooves delineating the body, bent leg and pierced curled tail; one a greyish-green crouching bottle horn dragon with biconical hole drilled through the forward-curled tail in front of a tapering tab with beveled edges leading to the tip; the third a semi-translucent olive-green recumbent bird with deep grooves delineating the body on one side and the remains of other decoration, including a taotie mask, on the reverse 2¼ to 2 5/8 in. (5.7 to 6.7 cm.) long (3)
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