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A SMALL JADE CROUCHING TIGER PENDANT
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
of arc shape, the body of the tiger softly contoured, carved with the legs held in close to the sides and the tail tightly curled, the head with large ears pinned back and mouth open, drilled through the lower jaw with an aperture for stringing, the pale greenish-white jade of even tone, showing traces of earth and cinnabar.
Length 1 5⁄8 inches (4.1 cm)
A very similar arc shaped pendant carved with a tiger head at one end excavated at Anyang, Henan province and now in the collection of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 5 Henan, Beijing 2005, p. 78, described as late Shang dynasty with the author’s suggestion that it is a segment of a bracelet which was recarved in antiquity.
西周 虎形玉飾 長 4.1 厘米
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60.
A SMALL JADE CROUCHING TIGER PENDANT
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
Length 1 5⁄8 inches (4.1 cm)