Product Description

RARE OLD CHINESE PALE GREENISH WHITE JADE STATUE OF A MYTHICAL NUDE LADY WITH HORNS AND WINGS ON A MAN’S FACE WITH CLOUD DESIGN. DEPICTING RAM CARVING ON THE OTHER SIDE.

BROWN AND RUSSET INCLUSIONS.

SIZE: 12.5 CM HIGH, 6.5 CM WIDE, 3.5 CM THICK.

NOTE:

HUMAN FIGURES:

SMALL CARVINGS OF HUMAN FIGURES WERE MADE INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD IN CHINA, BUT APART FROM A FEW FIGURES FROM THE TOMB OF FU HAO, THE CONSORT OF A SHANG-DYNASTY KING, AND OTHER ROYAL TOMBS, THERE WERE VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF HUMAN FIGURES FOUND IN CHINA. HUMAN FIGURES ARE CONSIDERED RARE, AND THEY MADE IN COMBINATION WITH EXOTIC BIRDS AND ANIMAL DECORATION.