AN ARCHAIC JADE BOVINE PLAQUE Shang/Early Western Zhou DynastyTHE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY英國家族藏品AN ARCHAIC JADE BOVINE PLAQUEShang/Early Western Zhou DynastyThe plaque skilfully worked with two large pointed ears pierced in the middle with a circular aperture for attachment, above a pair of short horns and elongated eyes, the stone of a warm greenish tone with russet inclusions. 3.6cm (1 7/8in) long.商/西周早期 牛面形玉佩 Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., LondonA British private collection, acquired from the above in December 2007Published, Illustrated and Exhibited： Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.85來源：倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.,英國私人收藏，2007年12月從上處購得展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號85Compare with a similar bovine-head jade plaque excavated from the burial at Subutun, Qingzhou, Shangdong Province, and now in the collection of the Shangdong Provincial Museum, illustrated by Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol.4, p.170; also compare with another similar bovine-head jade plaque illustrated in Institute of Archaeology, CASS, Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu in Anyang, pl.CXL, fig.2. Note also an ivory example in the collection of the British Museum illustrated in Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, no.6, pp.30-31.sold_price_type: £