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35     ⓮ 䌱      A CALCIFIED JADE CARVING
                军 晽
                大 沍      OF A BIRD
                ␐ ⼊      SHANG - EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
                ⇅ġġġ 䎖
                         the ß at stone carved on both sides as a recumbent bird in proÞ le,
                         with large circular eyes and long sloping beak, a long hooked
                         feather extending from the crown of the head alongside the
                         remnant of another plume, the tail arced downward, the body
                         incised with a spiral forming the breast, the olive-beige stone
                         calciÞ ed and with traces of cinnabar

                         Height 2 in., 5.2 cm


                         PROVENANCE                                  Ը๕
                         Collection of Lord Cunli# e, The Rt. Hon. Rolf, 2nd Baron Cunli# e   ŕũŦġœŵįġʼnŰůįġœŰŭŧ炻ijůťġŃŢųŰůġńŶůŭŪŧŧŦġŰŧġ
                         of Headley (1899-1963).                     ʼnŦŢťŭŦź炻ńŶůŭŪŧŧŦġ⊃䇝ġĩIJĹĺĺĮIJĺķĴĪġ㓞啷
                         Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, circa 1973.     ŃŭŶŦŵŵġħġŔŰůŴġōŵťį炻ΐ㔎炻䲬IJĺĸĴ⸜
                         Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 18th June 1986.
                                                                     œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹķ⸜ķ㚰IJĹ㖍
                         Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
                                                                     ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
                         Irving, no. 61.
                                                                     㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ķIJ
                         EXHIBITED                                   ࢝ᚎ
                         A Catalogue of Early Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Allied
                                                                     ˪łġńŢŵŢŭŰŨŶŦġŰŧġņŢųŭźġńũŪůŦŴŦġŃųŰůŻŦŴĭġŋŢťŦŴġŢůťġ
                         Decorative Works of Art from the Cunli! e Collection, Bluett &
                                                                     łŭŭŪŦťġŅŦŤŰųŢŵŪŷŦġŘŰųŬŴġŰŧġłųŵġŧųŰŮġŵũŦġńŶůŭŪŧŧŦġ
                         Sons Ltd., London, 1973, ill. pl. B. no. 65.
                                                                     ńŰŭŭŦŤŵŪŰů˫炻ŃŭŶŦŵŵġħġŔŰůŴġōŵť炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĸĴ
                         $ 20,000-30,000                             ⸜炻⚾䇰Ń炻䶐嘇ķĶ
                         See a related example illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese
                         Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 12:29,
                         where the author notes that birds with long, downward
                         turning tails were fairly common at Anyang and became more
                         widespread during the Western Zhou. For a related, more
                         elaborately incised example, see one from the collection of King
                         Gustaf Adolf and in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities,
                         Stockholm, exhibited in Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages,
                         Oriental Ceramic Society, Victoria and Albert Museum, London,
                         1975, cat. no. 68.
                         Compare also a more elongated ‘bird’ pendant illustrated in Max
                         Loehr, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop
                         Collection, Cambridge, 1975, pl. 256, and one sold in our Hong
                         Kong rooms, 21st May 1982, lot 976. A more simpliÞ ed pendant
                         of similar form, attributed to the late Shang dynasty, sold at
                         Christie’s New York, 2nd June 1989.




















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