TWO JADE ANIMAL PLAQUES Shang/Western Zhou Dynasty (3)TWO JADE ANIMAL PLAQUESShang/Western Zhou DynastyThe larger carved as a stylised mythical bird of flat arched form and decorated on both sides with scrolls, with a circular hole pierced for suspension, wood box, 7.2cm (2 7/8in) long; the smaller tiger-shaped plaque of similar flat form and pierced hole, finely incised as a crouching feline with paws bent. 6.5cm (2 1/2in) long. (3).商/西周 玉動物形珮 一組兩件Provenance: a Western private collection (the tiger)Roger Keverne Ltd., London, December 2007 (the tiger)A distinguished English private collectionPublished, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.84 (tiger)來源：西方私人收藏（虎形佩）倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.，2007年12月（虎形佩）英國顯赫私人收藏展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號84（虎形佩）See a related tiger pendant, Shang dynasty, in the British Museum, London, acc.no.1935,0115.19. See also a similar jade bird pendant, Western Zhou period, in the British Museum, London, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.227, fig.1.