A jade 'cormorant' plaque and a jade 'goose' pendantWestern Zhou Dynasty
The cormorant carved from creamy jade, with finely incised stylised detail, the bird swimming and holding a fish in its beak, the stone with russet and black encrustations, fitted box; the goose recumbent, from a thin plaque also of creamy jade with extensive russet inclusions, carved as a silhouette with simply incised round eyes and a pierced hole by the shoulder, fitted box.
The cormorant: 5cm (2in.) high (4).注脚Provenance: acquired from Rare Art, New York, circa 1972.

For a slightly more elaborate figure of a cormorant see The British Museum, collection no. 1937,0416.175