A PALE CELADON JADE HAIR ORNAMENT, MING DYNASTY

Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

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史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

The present piece is rare for its form and decoration, as other hair ornaments from the Ming dynasty usually feature scalloped or round tops with plain surfaces. For example, see two illustrated in Studies of the National Museum of China: Jades / Zhongguo guo jia bo wu guan guan cang wen wu yan jiu cong shu: Yu qi juan, Shanghai, 2007, pls 233 & 234. For a jade hair ornament carved with a border of archaistic dragons, attributed to the Song dynasty, see one formerly in the Winthrop Collection and illustrated in Jenny F. So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums, New Haven, 2019, pl. 46. Compare also one in the collection of the British Museum, attributed to the Song or Yuan dynasty and carved with low relief chilong, included in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 25:14. A hair ornament similar to the British Museum example was sold in these rooms and attributed to the 17th/18th century, 15th March 2017, lot 743.

此髪冠造型及紋飾特別，相類明代髮冠例通常呈卷雲狀或光素無紋，如兩例刊於《中國國家博物館館藏文物研究叢書•玉器卷》，上海，2007年，圖版233及234。見一宋例，雕龍紋邊，原為 Winthrop 收藏，載於蘇芳淑，《Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums》，紐黑文，2019年，圖版46。再比一例，大英博物館館藏，斷代為宋或元，淺浮雕螭龍紋，載於傑西卡·羅森著，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版25:14。另有一例，與大英博物館例相似，斷代十七或十八世紀，售於紐約蘇富比2017年3月15日，編號743。