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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)
Length: 2.95 cm
Width: 1.75 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
Accession number: O.45-1946
Primary reference Number: 167879
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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