Lot 803. Three small jade animal plaques, Late Shang-Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 12th-10th century BC. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017.

One is a thin, pale greyish-white recumbent bird with hooked beak, circular eyes and notched tail with beveled edge. The second is a thin yellowish-white and brown crouching tiger with trapezoidal eyes, C-scroll ear and tiny holes drilled through the mouth and curled tail. The third is a dark greyish-green crouching deer with backward-turned head, and a small hole drilled from both sides through the fore foot. 1 ¾, 2 ½ and 1 ½ in. (4.3, 6.2 and 3.9 cm.) wide

Provenance: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1995.

Christie's. The Harris Collection: Important Early Chinese Art, 16 March 2017, New York, Rockefeller Center