Jade, China, Shang (1600 - 1100 BC) to Western Zhou (up to 770 BC)
This delicate small jade pendant, a rare collectors item from a prominent collection, holds a very rare shade of orange that changes from light orange to a dark brownish tone and finally to a whitish one. As a result it resembles old ivory or wood. The hole is precisely drilled, the body quite thin, and the surface well-polished and smooth.
HEIGHT 5,45 CM
Archaic and antique
Ex collection of the famous paleontologist G.H. Ralph von Koenigswald, acquired around 1939 in Beijing. Expertised by Univ. Prof. Dr. Filippo Salviati