J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
Menu
41.
A PAIR OF JADE CICADA PENDANTS
Late Shang/ early Western Zhou Dynasty, circa 11th Century B.C.
each with round eyes, small head, and slender tapered body, carved with two pairs of grooves across the middle of the plain folded wings, the underside with a tapered vertical channel, the shape indicating the jade may have been repurposed in antiquity, the tiny beak-shaped mouth pierced horizontally, the translucent jade of very pale olive tone, showing remains of earth and cinnabar.
Length 1 3⁄4 inches (4.4 and 4.5 cm)
Compare the late Shang/ early Western Zhou jade cicada pendant of related form with round eyes and pierced beak shaped mouth illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 224, no. 12:23.
商晚期 / 西周早期 蟬形玉墜一對 長 4.4, 4.5 厘米
41.
A PAIR OF JADE CICADA PENDANTS
Late Shang/ early Western Zhou Dynasty, circa 11th Century B.C.
Length 1 3⁄4 inches (4.4 and 4.5 cm)