Eight Small Archaic Stone Carvings

Description:

Eight Small Archaic Stone Carvings, China, a polygonal mottled brown pendant; a long rectangular brown bead; a tubular mottled brown bead; a white cicada-shaped pendant bead; an elliptical mottled gray spearhead with a hole; an axe head-shaped brown pendant decorated with a chilong; a semi-domed mottled brown ring, decorated with ruyi scrolls; and a white stone pendant bead flanked with two facing shishi to left and right, decorated with archaic ruyi scrolls, all in a conforming box except the second bead and the last pendant bead, ht. from 7/8 to 2 1/2 in.

Provenance: The estate of Diane Sibley.
Estimate $800-1,000

in good condition with minor chips to some areas.


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