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A CELADON JADE BIRD-SHAPED A CELADON JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANT
PENDANT MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY,
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (C. 1100-771 BC) CIRCA-MID-10TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
The pendant is carved as a stylised mythical bird of flattened This silhouette of a bird has a flattened, angular head, and a sharply
s-shaped form and decorated with fine incisions. pointed beak. The wing feathers are embellished with incised lines
3¿ in. (8 cm.) wide, box which rise out of the scrolls that form the breast. The bifurcated
tail seems to be that of a fish. Pieroed through the breast is a small
HK$100,000-180,000 US$13,000-23,000 hole.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) long, box
PROVENANCE
Acquired from Chang Wei-Hwa & Company, Taipei, prior to HK$60,000-80,000 US$7,700-10,000
2000
PROVENANCE
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
西周 青玉鳥珮
EXHIBITED
來源 National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
2000年以前購自台北雲中居 Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 98
LITERATURE
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades,
Taipei, 1999, pl. 98, p.175

西周中期 鳥形珮

來源
養德堂珍藏，台北，入藏於1999 年以前

展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版
98號
著錄
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版98號，
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