A CHINESE CELADON JADE 'BIRD' PENDANT

A CHINESE CELADON JADE 'BIRD' PENDANT
POSSIBLY NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE

Possibly Garuda, carved as a bird with its wings outstretched, the reverse pierced with a hole for suspension, the stone a dark celadon colour with mottled inclusions, 4cm.

Provenance: previously a private collection, Singapore, acquired in the early 1990s.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (I), pp.3-4, pl.2-3 for two similar pendants. Another example is also illustrated in Teng Shu-Ping, Neolithic Jades in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, p.169, pl.73.

新石器時代 紅山文化（可能） 玉鴞形珮
來源：新加坡私人舊藏，購於1990年代。