A PREMIUM-QUALITY YELLOW JADE CICADA
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LATE SHIJIAHE CULTURE
Remark: with original brocade box and the collector's note

L 6.2 cm (2 1/2 in) T 0.9 cm (3/8 in)

Provenance: A Hong Kong collection

Reference: A similar arch-shaped pendant from the Shang dynasty, kept in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in CHINESE JADES IN TRADITIONAL COLLECTIONS 1 NEOLITHIC PERIOD．SHANG．WESTERN ZHOU．SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD．WARRING STATES PERIOD, by Gu Fang, Science Press, Beijing, 2010, p. 140

ESTIMATE: HKD 200,000 / RMB 176,000