Chinese jade pendant carved in the shape of a bird

An image of Ornament. Grey green jade, carved in the shape of a bird (possibly a swallow), with a pointed beak and a bifurcated tail. Small drilled perforation behind the pointed beak. Probably used as part of a pendant set during the late Shang and early Western Zhou period (c.14th-10th Century BC). Nephrite, length 2.95 cm, width 1.75 cm, 1400-1000 B.C. Chinese.

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Ornament. Grey green jade, carved in the shape of a bird (possibly a swallow), with a pointed beak and a bifurcated tail. Small drilled perforation behind the pointed beak. Probably used as part of a pendant set during the late Shang and early Western Zhou period (c.14th-10th Century BC). Nephrite, length 2.95 cm, width 1.75 cm, 1400-1000 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.45-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 716 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 261.56kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2007:11:17 11:11:33

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BC birds carved Chinese Chou Dynasty decorated decoration decorative Fitz_AA green jade jewellery jewelry nephrite ornament pendant Shang Dynasty Shang-Yin Dynasty Zhou Dynasty

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