An archaic calcified jade fish pendant


Shang Dynasty or laterThe arched fish carved with a flattened head, pointed nose and round eyes, the body finely carved with incisions depicting its scales and fins, five holes pierced through head and fins, the stone of a pale brown tone with traces of cinnabar, box. 15cm (5 7/8in) long (2).
|商或更晚 魚形佩Compare with an archaic jade fish pendent, Shang Dynasty, in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, which is illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 2 Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, p.199, no.227.青玉質，滿覆褐色沁，佩身扁平，邊緣薄削，魚形，翹嘴，分尾，陰刻鱗鰭，正反紋飾同，共五圓穿。可參考北京故宮藏一件商代魚形佩，雕刻較簡單，然形制頗似，見《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇2》，北京，2011年，頁199，編號227。