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A SMALL JADE CONG
SHANG DYNASTY - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
of tubular form with four projecting corners, each
worked with stylised mythical beast faces accentuated
with horizontal ridges and circular eyes, the stone a
variegated celadon and brown colour
Height 4.9 cm, 1⅞ in.
PROVENANCE
Acquired from Christie’s London, 1983/1984.
£ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 39,100-59,000 US$ 5,000-7,500
商至西周 玉琮
218
來源
於1983或1984年購自倫敦佳士得

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AN ARCHAISTIC CELADON AND BLACK JADE
‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE
MING DYNASTY
the flattened stone carved as a stylised dragon with a
coiled tail tucked beneath the slightly arched body, neatly
incised to both sides scrolls work detailed with oval eyes
and an upturned snout, the stone of variegated celadon
and black tones
Length 9.9 cm, 3⅞ in.
LITERATURE
M. Gulbenkian, Archaic Jades, Ancient and Modern,
Arts of Asia, May-June 1983, p. 104. 219

£ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 39,100-59,000 US$ 5,000-7,500
明 墨青玉仿古龍紋珮
220
出版
M. Gulbenkian，《Archaic Jades, Ancient and Modern》, A CELADON AND DARK BROWN JADE CONG
Arts of Asia，1983年5月至6月， 第104頁
LATE SHANG DYNASTY - WESTERN ZHOU
DYNASTY
of flattened square section, carved with a cylindrical
tube extending to either end, each side carved with two
stylised scroll bands, the stone a celadon and dark brown
colour
Width 6.5 cm, 2½ in.
LITERATURE
M. Gulbenkian, Archaic Jades, Ancient and Modern, Arts of
Asia, May-June 1983, p. 102.
£ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 39,100-59,000 US$ 5,000-7,500

商晚期至西周 褐斑青玉獸面紋琮
出版
220 M. Gulbenkian，《Archaic Jades, Ancient and Modern》,
Arts of Asia，1983年5月至6月， 第102頁

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