Jade head with crest shaped as a handle fitting - Semi-translucent jade with numerous pits, some deterioration in crevaces; no calcification or surface skin.
- Surface covered with reddish, waxy coloring (a bit like shoe polish)Â rubbed away in highlight areas.
- Carving is a deep, plunge cut, crudely executed; no ridges on sides of recessed cuts.
- Eye shape is vaguely Shang but poorly executed.
- Most likely a modern fake treated to look aged.
- 6.8 x 4.6 x 1.4cm
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