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A jade 'animal mask' pendant, Han dynasty | 漢 獸面韘形紋玉珮
Auction Closed
October 9, 07:30 AM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A jade 'animal mask' pendant,
Han dynasty
漢 獸面韘形紋玉珮
the flat plaque intricately incised on both sides with a complex design, centred with an outline of a shield suggesting an archer's ring (she), between an elaborate animal mask with prominent horns, large eyes with striated brows, and a stylised bird in profile, the translucent jade of a pale celadon tone with russet streaks
4.1 by 4.6 cm
R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 20th August 1986.
安思遠，紐約，1986年8月20日
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 20:4.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版20:4