Crouching tiger pendant  - Translucent light green jade with pitting, calcification and red suffusion.
- Shang style tiger with low thread relief.
- Decoration consists of hooks and spirals.
- Substantial slab of jade tapers noticably at the top (back) of the animal, and to a lesser degree, at the bottom (feet).
- Carving is nicely outlined with a thin raised line.
- A similar tiger is pictured in Yang, Boda Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, 2005, vol. 1, p. 149. Also Salmony, Alfred Carved Jades of Ancient China, 1938, plate XIV #2.
- 8.61 x 3.58 x .95 cm.
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