A JADE TIGER
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, SHIJIAHE CULTURE (CIRCA 2500-2200 BC)

L 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in)

RESERVE: HK$ 250,000 / RMB 222,500

REFERENCE: A similar jade tiger head of Shijiahe Culture preserved in Jingzhou Museum, unearthed at Xiaojiawuji, Tianmen, Hubei Province, is illustrated in JADE OBJECTS OF THE SHIJIAHE CULTURE, by Jingzhou Museum, Cultural Relics Press, Beijing, 2008, p.84-85, no.54