- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Description
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Implement: a pointed implement for loosening knots. Somewhat translucent pale gray green nephrite with pale tan mottling, carved in silhouette and counter sunk linear relief. Perforated for suspension.
- Published References
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- J. Keith Wilson, Jingmin Zhang. Jades for Life and Death. .
- Cheng Te-k'un. Archaeology in China. 3 vols., Cambridge, England. pl. 21e.
- Na Chih-liang. "玉器通史." Yu ch'i t'ung shih [A General Study of Chinese Jade]. Hong Kong, 1965. p. 45, fig. 55.
- Florance Waterbury. Bird-Deities in China. Supplementum 10 Ascona, Switzerland. pp. 89-90, pl. 17a.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Jades for Life and Death
- Google Cultural Institute
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