HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day

HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day

A small jade reptile pendant, Shang dynasty | 商 玉鰐

Auction Closed

December 8, 05:58 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A small jade reptile pendant, Shang dynasty

商 玉鰐


of flattened form, simply but realistically carved from pale brown jade, with four well-defined limbs, a short tail and a rounded head, the head pierced with a large central hole

Length 4.1 cm, 1⅝ in.

R.H. Ellsworth, New York, 24th April 1985.


安思遠,紐約,1987 年4月24日

Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 12:21.


羅森,《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》, 倫敦,1995年,圖版12:21

Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 15.


《中國肖生玉雕》,香港藝術館,香港,1996年,編號15

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