A GROUP OF THREE COMMA-SHAPED JEWELS (MAGATAMA) KOFUN PERIOD (4TH-6TH CENTURY)

A GROUP OF THREE COMMA-SHAPED JEWELS (MAGATAMA)
KOFUN PERIOD (4TH-6TH CENTURY)
The green jade jewel finely carved and polished, decorated with three incised radial lines running from a cord hole, applied with a modern gold fitting; the carved agate jewel finely polished, with a cord hole; the carved stone "child-bearing" jewel (komochi magatama) finely polished, designed with eleven smaller jewels on the back and sides suggestive of children
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long; 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) long; 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) long

Provenance
Nagao Museum, Osaka, Japan
Previously sold in these Rooms, 22 April 2015, lot 5
Kokon, Inc., New York