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32.
A JADE BOVINE MASK FORM ORNAMENT
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
the angled front incised with the outline of a stylized bovine head, drilled through the center between the curled horns and round eyes, the reverse plain and concave, with cinnabar red filling the incised lines in contrast to the olive green jade.
Length 1 7⁄16 inches (3.7 cm)
Compare the Shang jade animal mask ornament illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chuanshi yuqi quanji (Chinese Jades in Traditional Collections) Vol. 1, Neolithic Period, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period, Beijing, 2010, p. 109, where the author notes that the angled shape suggests the plaque was carved from the corner of a cong. Compare also the similar jade animal head form ornament excavated at a Western Zhou site in Fufeng county, Shaanxi province, and shown in a reassembled string of jade beads and ornaments in Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 14, Shaanxi, Beijing, 2005, p. 73.
西周 牛面紋玉飾 長 3.7 厘米
32.
A JADE BOVINE MASK FORM ORNAMENT
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
Length 1 7⁄16 inches (3.7 cm)