Catalogue entry no. 118 by Max Loehr:
118 Statuette of a Nude Female
Standing figure, rather crudely carved of a now calcified, bone-colored jade. The face is flat, with incised or slightly relieved features: exaggeratedly thick, striated eyebrows; large eyes of the shape commonly seen in Shang zoomorphs; a broad nose; a broad, thick-lipped mouth. The ears are worked out in bolder relief. Over the neatly striated hair, only indicated on the back, the woman wears a headdress resembling the reticulated flanges such as occur, for instance, on ornate Shang jade axes. The arms are separated from the disproportionately narrow chest by joined perforations, and the hands meet at the abdomen. The relatively short legs are separated by a larger and a smaller perforation. There is no indication of the feet, below the level of which there is a short, recessed extension. The back, save for the striated hair, is plain. Though fairly thick, this statuette is not modeled in the round; the face meets the sides at right angles, and the volumes of head and body are largely accidental. Late Shang.
