A MINIATURE JADE CARVING 'HUANG' WITH TWO TIGER HEADS

Description:

China, probably Eastern Zhou dynasty, 481-256 B.C.
L. 4,5 cm
Of light grey-green translucent jade with dark areas, similar in decoration and details to its larger counterparts, due to its miniscule size in particularly delicate execution.
From the Zeileis collection, assembled in the 1980s and 90s
Published in: Friedrich Georg Zeileis, 'Ausgewählte Chinesische Jade aus sieben Jahrtausenden', Gallspach, 1994, no. 166, p. 204 - Minor traces of age