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116 A CELADON AND BROWN JADE
‘BOVINE MASK’ CARVING
⓮ġġġ 䌱 SHANG DYNASTY
䈃 the wider end carved with two incurved horns framing a central
椾 aperture, the almond-shaped eyes incised beneath a raised
brow and peering out over ß ared nostrils, the nostrils each with
a pronounced rim extending down the side to form the edge of
the lip, a pierced rectangular tab emerging from the mouth, the
reverse with a smooth slightly concave surface, the stone a pale
celadon color dappled with white and transmuting to an opaque
mahogany tone at the horns

Length 1⅝ in., 4 cm

PROVENANCE
Galaxie Art & Gift Co. (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 30th July 1987.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 76.
$ 6,000-8,000
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117 A PALE CELADON JADE HOOF-
FORM ORNAMENT

大 䌱 WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
␐ġġġ 梦
one end curved and the other with three points, symmetrically
designed centering two commas and a U-shape, with further
incised curvilinear lines framing the elements and around the
perimeter, the reverse undecorated, the pale bright celadon
stone with faint icy inclusions, both ends pierced

Length 1⅜ in., 3.7 cm

PROVENANCE
Galaxie Art & Gift Co. (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 30th July 1987.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 77.
A smaller and more roughly carved ornament of the same design
was excavated from tomb no. 34 at the burial site of Shangguo,
in Wenxi, Shanxi province, illustrated in Gu Fang, The Complete
Collection of Jades Unearthed in China: Shanxi, vol. 3, Beijing,
2005, p. 156.
$ 4,000-6,000
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