China: Ancient Jades

C01c
Carved figure of a hare
late Shang - early Western Zhou dynasty (12th-11th century BC)
length 3.0cm height 2.0cm

 
Mottled translucent green nephrite jade pendant with areas of calcification and traces of red pigment. Carved in the form of a crouching hare in silhouette, with one side flat and reverse gently curved. A conical perforation is drilled from one side.
 

ex: Christie's, London, 1980, and brought to Australia by Jane Carnegie

published: Jane Carnegie, Oriental art: Works of art from China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, Melbourne, May 1981, number 43, page 24 (exhibition catalogue)