FIVE JADE SILKWORM FORM PENDANTS / J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

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FIVE JADE SILKWORM FORM PENDANTS

Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)

each carved from translucent pale greenish jade, with button shaped eyes and tapering segmented body, drilled through the head for stringing and showing remains of cinnabar.

Lengths 1 ⁷⁄₁₆ – 1 ¹⁄₄ inches (3.7 – 2.7 cm)

Compare the group of silkworm form pendants of similar design 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, nos. 2 and 3.

西周玉蠶五件長 3.7 – 2.7 厘米

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FIVE JADE SILKWORM FORM PENDANTS