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Jade Human Face Cicada - Hongshan Culture
Added 11/20/2007
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Archaic Jade , Asian Antiques , Chinese Antiques , Hongshan Culture , Hongshan Culture Jade


Item Value: $0.00
Title: Jade Human Face Cicada
Country/Region of origin: China
Authenticity: Original
Period/Age: Hongshan Culture 3500 - 2500 B.C.
Dimensions: L:5.0cm(2") H:2.0cm(3/4")
Condition: Good
Notes

Jade(Nephrite) Human Face Cicada. That is the beauty of the word Zoomorphic - used to describe the undescribable. Anyway it really seems to have a Human facial features and a body of a cicada,with the pair of wings that seems to be an extension of the human head hair and finally the undulating grooves on the underbelly to form the cicada's body. A very unusual Neolithic Hongshan Jade.

 

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