A rare calcified jade carving of a kneeling figure
A rare calcified jade carving of a kneeling figure
Late Shang/Western Zhou Dynasty
Carved in the round as a kneeling male figure with a large round and flat face, thick eyebrows and rectangular eyes, wearing a tall hat and a robe hanging in folds from the waist with a long 'bi' or knee cover below the hands folded in front, the robe incised carefully at the edge with brocade pattern, the stone of a pale green tone with white calcification to the surface, box. 7.1cm (2 3/4in) high (2).
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A rare calcified jade carving of a kneeling figure
Late Shang/Western Zhou Dynasty
Carved in the round as a kneeling male figure with a large round and flat face, thick eyebrows and rectangular eyes, wearing a tall hat and a robe hanging in folds from the waist with a long 'bi' or knee cover below the hands folded in front, the robe incised carefully at the edge with brocade pattern, the stone of a pale green tone with white calcification to the surface, box. 7.1cm (2 3/4in) high (2).
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