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A NEOLITHIC JADE BIRD-HEAD FORM FINIAL Hongshan culture, circa 3500-2500 B.C. image 1
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Lot 17
A NEOLITHIC JADE BIRD-HEAD FORM FINIAL
Hongshan culture, circa 3500-2500 B.C.
J. J. Lally & Co. Fine Chinese Works of Art
20 March 2023, 08:30 EDT
New York

Sold for US$38,175 inc. premium

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A NEOLITHIC JADE BIRD-HEAD FORM FINIAL

Hongshan culture, circa 3500-2500 B.C.
Carved as the profile of a seagull-like bird, the eyes in the shape of the crescent and its long beak slightly open, the stone mottled orange-brown softly polished.
3 1/4in (8.3cm) length; 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high

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新石器時期 紅山文化 玉鳥頭形丈頂

Compare the closely related finial attributed to the late Hongshan culture, in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Teng (ed.), Jingtian gewu: Zhonggup lidai yuqi daodu, Taipei, 2011, p. 57, nos. 4-5-10a and 4-5-10b, described as the finial for a staff.

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