China, probably Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ca. 471-256... Lot 3

China, probably Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ca. 471-256 B.C.L. 7.9 cmLight gray-greenish translucent jade with brown areas and three perforations on the upper rim, one side with modeled spiral patterns, the others with engraved sketches for serpentine decoration, but not modeled out, the right outer corner flattened due to inclusions in the jade.From the Zeileis Collection, collected in the 1980s and 1990sPublished in: Friedrich Georg Zeileis, 'Selected Chinese Jade from Seven Millennia', Gallspach, 1994, no. 195, p. 236, also publ. in: Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong, 1983, Catalogue of the 8th Festival of Asian Arts, p. 94, no. 73 - Minim. Traces of age