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A CELADON JADE CRESTED A YELLOW JADE BEE-FORM
MYTHICAL BIRD PENDANT PENDANT
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (C. 1100-771 BC)
CIRCA 14TH-MID-11TH CENTURY BC The bee-form pendant has a pointed head and bifurcated tail. A
The flattened jade is carved in the form of a bird shown in profile, horizontal perforation is drilled through the pointed proboscis.
depicted with a hooked beak a large crest with notched edges, 22 in. (5.6 cm.) long, box
and a rounded breast above a bifurcated tail and a bent leg with HK$60,000-80,000 US$7,700-10,000
terminating in a small pointed tab.
3º in. (8.5 cm.) long, box PROVENANCE
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
HK$150,000-260,000 US$20,000-33,000
EXHIBITED
PROVENANCE National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
Acquired in Taipei, September 1986 Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 103
Similar bird-form pendants have been excavated from the LITERATURE
late Shang dynasty tomb of Fuhao at Anyang, including two Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades,
that are illustrated in Yinxu Yuqi (Jades from the Yin Sites at Taipei, 1999, pl. 103, p.180
Anyang), Beijing, 1982, pls. 44 and 57. Although the present lot
is shown with unfinished carvings to both sides, there are clear This form of insect is common among Shang and Western
similarities to the form and carving style. They are all depicted Zhou animal jades. It tends to be short and compact during
with a closely related tall crested crown with notched edges, the Shang period, later becoming gradually more elongated.
hooked beaks and protruding rounded breast.
西周 玉蜂形珮
商晚期 玉鳥形珮
來源
來源 養德堂珍藏，台北，入藏於1999 年以前
1986年9月購於台北
展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，
圖版103號
著錄
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版103號，
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