[Jade Inscription Bird Pendant]
Height 8.4 cm, width 4.2 cm, thickness 0.6 cm
Green white jade with a large area of iron brown on the surface. The object is in the shape of a piece, carved with a phoenix, with the same pattern on both sides. The phoenix holds its head high, with the word “minister”, a hooked beak, and four groups of fangs on its chest. The body is decorated with feather and wing patterns. There is a crown on the head, and the two sides of the crown are respectively engraved with the words “Mu” and “Hou”. There are holes in the crown to wear lanyards
During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there were very few jade articles with words carved on them. The two characters carved on this article may be the name or title of the owner of the article, which is very precious
![图片[1]-Bird shaped pendant engraved on jade-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Shang dynasty/Jade ware/21005[1024].jpg)
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