A cylindrical jade 'taotie' bead, Shang dynasty | 商 饕餮紋玉管
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A cylindrical jade 'taotie' bead, Shang dynasty
商 饕餮紋玉管
of tubular form, slightly flared at one end, carved from extensively calcified pale green jade, carved in relief on the exterior with taotie heads
Length 3.8 cm, 1½ in.
Collection of Mr and Mrs Richard C. Bull.
Sotheby's New York, 6th December 1983, lot 151.
Richard C. Bull 伉儷收藏
紐約蘇富比1983年12月6日，編號151
Anthology of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong, 1985, cat. no. 196.
《中國文物集珍：敏求精舍銀禧紀念展覽》，香港，1985年， 編號196
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 14:2.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》， 倫敦，1995年，圖版14:2