A PALE YELLOW JADE DOUBLE-HOLE ORNAMENT PLAQUE, HONGSHAN CULTUREChina, Neolithic period, 3500-2500 BC. With two primary perforations, the two semi...

A WHITE AND YELLOW JADE AX, FU, NEOLITHIC PERIODChina, c. 3rd millennium. The quite thick yet translucent blade is elegantly shaped and of rectang...

AN IMPORTANT AND RARE JADE 'MASK' PENDANT, HUANG, LIANGZHU CULTUREChina, circa 3300-2200 BC. Finely decorated to all sides and edges with neatly a...

A PALE CELADON JADE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' ORNAMENT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, c. 1100-771 BC. Of slightly tapering shape, carved on both sides wit...

A PALE GREEN JADE 'PIG-DRAGON', ZHULONG, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTUREChina, c. 4000-3000 BC. Of iconic form with a coiled body and superbly ...

A PAIR OF C-SHAPED 'DRAGON' PENDANTS, ERLITOU PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTYChina, c. 1900-1050 BC. Both figures with curled bodies and upturned noses, f...

A SPINACH-GREEN JADE AXE BLADE, FU, NEOLITHIC PERIODChina, 3000-2000 BC. Of flattened trapezium form with rounded edges and two circular hafting h...

AN ARCHAIC CEREMONIAL JADE BLADE, YUE, NEOLITHIC PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTYPublished:Henry Trubner and Tsugio Mikami, Ancient Chinese Arts in the Ide...

A PAIR OF JADE BEAD ORNAMENTS WITH GODHEAD MASKS, SHENREN, LIANGZHU CULTUREChina, circa 3300-2200 BC. The tubular beads are carved in a cylindrica...

A PAIR OF CYLINDRICAL 'TAOTIE MASK' JADE BEADS, SHANG DYNASTYChina, 1600-1046 BC. Of tapering form, both are carved with a finely detailed taotie ...

A JADE TORTOISESHELL-FORM BEAD, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 1027 – 771 BC. Realistically carved in the form of a slightly crested carapace, the bea...

A JADE 'TAOTIE MASK' ORNAMENT, ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 8th-3rd century BC. Of triangular section, finely incised to the front with double-line grooves ...

A RARE CARVED BONE FIGURE OF A TIGER, SHANG DYNASTYChina, 11th century BC. Well carved in the round as a crouching tiger with tucked-in legs, curl...

AN ARCHAIC CEREMONIAL BONE CARVING, SHANG DYNASTYChina, 14th-11th century BC. A thin fragment of a hip bone, likely from a medium sized canine. Ca...

A JADE 'SILKWORM' PENDANT, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTYChina, c. 1300 BC or earlier. The pendant pierced vertically and carved in the fo...

A PALE CELADON 'FISH' PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 12th-10th century BC. The thick pendant is of curved shape and finel...

A DEEP CELADON JADE 'FISH' PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 11th-10th century BC. Of flattened form, finely carved as a fish with...

A GREEN JADE 'FISH' PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 11th-10th century BC. Flattened plaque finely carved in the form of a fish w...

A DARK GREEN JADE 'FISH' PENDANT, SHANG DYNASTYChina, 1600-1046 BC. Of slender form with a single aperture in the mouth for suspension. Mouth, eye...

A JADE 'FISH' PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 1200-1100 BC. Of slender form with a long snout, pierced with a small apertu...

A YELLOW JADE 'FISH' PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 11th-9th century BC. Of slender rectangular form with a single aperture in the mouth. The...

A JADE 'DEER' PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 11th-8th century BC. Thick flat pendant finely carved as a reclining stag with its head turned b...

A YELLOW JADE 'TIGER' PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, c. 1200-1100 BC. Finely carved as a crouching tiger in profile, its body d...

AN EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF JADE 'GEESE' PENDANTS, SHANG DYNASTYChina, 15th-10th century BC. Each plaque is finely carved as a goose with its charac...

A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'BIRD' PENDANT, LATE SHANG DYNASTYChina, 1300-1050 BC. Flat stone worked in the form of a bird in profile, perched ...

A JADE 'BIRD' PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 11th-8th century BC. The thick flattened plaque finely carved in the form of a rec...

A 'TWO-FACE' JADE PENDANT DEPICTING A MYTHICAL WATERBIRD, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 1300-900 BC. The flattened plaque depicting the...

A JADE 'BIRD' PENDANT, SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 12th-11th century BC. Of flattened shape, finely carved in the form of a bird in profil...

A JADE 'RABBIT' PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 11th-10th century BC. The thick flattened plaque finely carved as a rabbit...

A JADE 'RABBIT' PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 1100-1000 BC. Well carved in a dynamic position with the legs bent underneath, t...

A JADE 'ELEPHANT' PENDANT, LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASEChina, 13th-11th century BC. Thick flattened jade plaque, finely carved in the form of ...

A PALE YELLOW JADE 'TIGER' PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 1046-771 BC. Of elongated flattened form, the arc-shaped pendant worked in the form...

AN EXTREMELY RARE YELLOW JADE 'KNEELING FIGURE', SHANG DYNASTYChina, c. 1200 BC. Exquisitely carved, depicted with the head facing forward, the fi...

A JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANT, HUANG, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 11th-8th century BC. Arc-shaped pendant neatly incised to either side with a stylized m...

A JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANT, HUANG, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 10th-8th century BC. Arc-shaped pendant incised to either side with a stylized motif re...

A JADE 'DRAGON' BI DISK, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 10th-9th century BC. The jade disk is carved on both sides with profiles of dragon heads and j...

A PALE CELADON JADE 'BIRD' CIRCULAR PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 10th-9th century BC. Well carved to both sides with single and double groo...

A JADE RING, HUAN, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 7th-4th century BC. The slightly convex ring is neatly incised to both sides with two line borders e...

A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' CYLINDRICAL BEAD, LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIODChina, c. 570-476 BC. The tall bead of slightly tapering form is carved to th...

A GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' SILHOUETTE PENDANT, MID-EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 5th-4th century BC. Finely carved in the form of a dragon in profile with...

A CELADON AND BROWN JADE BI DISK, EASTERN ZHOU TO WARRING STATES PERIODChina, 770-221 BC. Neatly carved on both sides in low relief with raised bo...

AN IMPORTANT YELLOW JADE 'DOUBLE-BEAR' ORNAMENTAL SEAL AND RITUAL PLAQUE, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CHINA, CIRCA 770 TO 481 BCExpert's note: This ...

A SMALL JADE 'DRAGON HEAD' PENDANT, WARRING STATES PERIODChina, 475-221 BC. Carved in the form of a powerful dragon head profile, the pendant has ...

A JADE 'DRAGON' MINIATURE PENDANT, WARRING STATES PERIODChina, 475-221 BC. The flat arc-shaped pendant carved in the form of a stylized dragon, it...

A RECTANGULAR GREEN JADE 'DOUBLE DRAGON' PLAQUE, LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTYChina, c. 300-141 BC. Intricately carved, ...

A SUPERB CELADON AND BROWN JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANT, WESTERN HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC-AD 8. Of flattened form, the S-shaped dragon is finely carved i...

A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A PIG, HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC to 220 AD. Of elongated form, finely carved, detailing the recumbent pig with ears tucked b...

A RARE SOAPSTONE 'TAOTIE' CEREMONIAL BLADE, HAN DYNASTYChina, 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD. The curved blade powerfully carved to both sides w...

A PALE CELADON JADE SWORD POMMEL, WESTERN HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC-8 AD. Of circular form, finely carved in low relief with a central spiral desig...

A CELADON AND BROWN JADE BI DISK, WESTERN HAN DYNASTYChina, 2nd-1st century BC. Each side finely carved in low relief with a dense pattern of rais...

A JADE 'MUSICIAN' BELT PLAQUE, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. Of square form with slightly tapered sides, the top finely carved in relief with a musi...

AN ARCHAISTIC YELLOW JADE 'DRAGON AND PHEONIX' PENDANT, SONG TO MING DYNASTYChina, 960-1644. Of flattened form, finely carved in openwork on both ...

A GRAY JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANT, LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, 17th/18th century. Of flattened form and finely carved in openwork to depict a...