Three Chinese Amulet Pendants

including a white jade cicada pendant, a brown flecked white jade girdle pendant and a 'kuei' form pendant with 't'ao-t'ieh' masks carved on both sides, (3)

Measurements:

height 7.2 cm

Provenance:

purchased from Christies, Sydney, November 1972, lot no. 241, from Sotheby's London, part of the Zorich Collection, and from Roberts, Adelaide, 1972, Estate of D'Arcy Ryan

Labels:

cf. for comparison Soame Jenyns, Chinese Archaic Jades British Museum, (XXIX J)

• EStimate $400 - $600
• sold $1,200 Incl BP