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CHINESE NEOLITHIC STYLE SERPENTINE CICADA CARVING

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, CARVED IN HONGSHAN / LIANGZHU NEOLITHIC STYLE) MONUMENTAL CARVED DARK SPINACH-GREEN HARDSTONE / SERPENTINE ZOOMORPHIC RITUAL CARVING (CICADA / DRAGON HYBRID) FEATURING HIGHLY STYLIZED BULBOUS PROTRUDING EYES, CONVEX SWEPT WINGS, FLANK DETAIL, AND AN ARCHAIC BIRD / BEAST CREST PIERCED WITH MULTIPLE LARGE BI-CONICAL APERTURES FOR RITUAL SUSPENSION OR ATTACHMENT MEASURES APPROX.…

MACLEAN & ASSOCIATES INC
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, CARVED IN HONGSHAN / LIANGZHU NEOLITHIC STYLE)
MONUMENTAL CARVED DARK SPINACH-GREEN HARDSTONE / SERPENTINE ZOOMORPHIC RITUAL CARVING (CICADA / DRAGON HYBRID)
FEATURING HIGHLY STYLIZED BULBOUS PROTRUDING EYES, CONVEX SWEPT WINGS, FLANK DETAIL, AND AN ARCHAIC BIRD / BEAST CREST
PIERCED WITH MULTIPLE LARGE BI-CONICAL APERTURES FOR RITUAL SUSPENSION OR ATTACHMENT
MEASURES APPROX. 5 IN HIGH, 9.5 IN LONG