A rare Chinese yellow jade pendant, Western Zhou dynasty, carved as a stylised mythical beast with a goatee beard, decorated with Greek key motifs to the body, 6.6cm long Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 November 2020, Lot 613 c.f. A closely related jade huang, excavated in 1982 from a Western Zhou site at Tengxian, Shandong, is illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji [Complete collection of Chinese jades], vol. 2: Shang/Western Zhou, Shijiazhuang, 2005, p. 205, no. 287, together with another example in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated op. cit., p. 209, no. 292. See also another example in the Joseph Hotung Collection, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 241, no. 14:4, and an example from the collection of Robert Youngman, sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3rd April 2019, lot 3404. ???? Condition Report: No major condition issues to note - some old tiny nicks to the edges and in some other areas, some natural inclusions to the stone. Examined under UV. Please contact the department for additional condition images.