Period:Neolithic Period Production date:4000BC-2000BC (circa)
Materials:jade
Technique:
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Height: 8 centimetres Width: 1.70 centimetres
Description:
Bird pendant of opaque yellow jade with large areas of dark brown inclusions. This cylindrical bird has prominent eyes and involuted beak with wings and feathers delineated in raised lines. A slight ridge denotes the breast of the bird. The taloned feet are turned towards the front and a perforation runs from back to front passing between the legs. The bird stands on a conical base that comes to a point.
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Comments:A bird standing bolt upright, like an eagle, is mounted above a cylindrical jade tapering to a point. The bird has a rounded head and a large hooked beak. Its broad wings, indicated byridges of relief, are folded against its sides. Similar very fine relief is used for a pattern of hooks across the back, which is almost obliterated by wear. The taloned feet appear to grip something, and there is a long tail. A hole runs from front to back between the legs. The shape of the jade is similar to that of the the short, awl-shaped pendants of the Liangzhu, and indeed it may be based upon precisely such ornaments, as at least one Liangzhu example is known with wing-like extensions. See Rawson 1995, p.202, cat.no.11.2. Shang. Height 80mm thickness 27mm.
Materials:jade
Technique:
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Height: 8 centimetres Width: 1.70 centimetres
Description:
Bird pendant of opaque yellow jade with large areas of dark brown inclusions. This cylindrical bird has prominent eyes and involuted beak with wings and feathers delineated in raised lines. A slight ridge denotes the breast of the bird. The taloned feet are turned towards the front and a perforation runs from back to front passing between the legs. The bird stands on a conical base that comes to a point.
IMG
Comments:A bird standing bolt upright, like an eagle, is mounted above a cylindrical jade tapering to a point. The bird has a rounded head and a large hooked beak. Its broad wings, indicated byridges of relief, are folded against its sides. Similar very fine relief is used for a pattern of hooks across the back, which is almost obliterated by wear. The taloned feet appear to grip something, and there is a long tail. A hole runs from front to back between the legs. The shape of the jade is similar to that of the the short, awl-shaped pendants of the Liangzhu, and indeed it may be based upon precisely such ornaments, as at least one Liangzhu example is known with wing-like extensions. See Rawson 1995, p.202, cat.no.11.2. Shang. Height 80mm thickness 27mm.
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