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A JADE BEAD IN THE FORM OF A RECUMBENT BUFFALO
Late Shang/ early Western Zhou Dynasty, circa 11th Century B.C.
the recumbent beast with legs gathered under its miniature body, the blunt head well detailed with incised eyes, short horns and small ears, drilled through the length of the body, the pale greenish jade with remains of cinnabar.
Length 5⁄8 inch (1.6 cm)
Compare the jade bead in the form of a buffalo in the collection of the Tianjin City Art Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji (Compendium of Chinese Jades), Vol. 2, Shang and Western Zhou, Shijiazhuang, 1993, p. 134, no. 183, described on p. 280 as late Shang.
Two similarly carved jade beads attributed to the Shang dynasty and described as crouching rabbits are illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 230, no. 12:36.
商晚期 / 西周早期 牛形玉珠 長 1.6 厘米
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61.
A JADE BEAD IN THE FORM OF A RECUMBENT BUFFALO
Late Shang/ early Western Zhou Dynasty, circa 11th Century B.C.
Length 5⁄8 inch (1.6 cm)