J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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A JADE OX HEAD FORM ORNAMENT
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
carved in simplified frontal silhouette, with blunt horns above notched ears and incised oval eyes, smoothly rounded in front, flat at the back and drilled through the center, the pale olive green stone shading to brown at the muzzle and showing remains of cinnabar.
Length 1 1⁄16 inches (2.7 cm)
Compare the jade ox head ornament of similar form in the Baoji Museum of Bronze Relics excavated at the Western Zhou Yu State burial site at Zhuyuangou, Baoji, Shaanxi province, illustrated by Lu and Hu, Baoji Yuguo mudi (Yu State Cemeteries in Baoji), Vol. 2, Beijing, 1988, pl. 139.1. Compare also the jade ox head form ornament excavated at the late Shang capital at Anyang, Henan province, illustrated in Anyang Yinxu chutu yuqi (Jades from Yinxu), Beijing, 2005, p. 33.
西周 牛首形玉飾 長 2.7 厘米
