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THE IRVING COLLECTION 歐雲伉儷珍藏 (LOTS 1701-1763)

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THREE ELONGATED JADE A GROUP OF FIFTEEN IVORY- TEN MOTTLED SEMI-TRANSLUCENT
PENDANTS, HUANG COLORED JADE DISCS ALTERED OLIVE-GREEN JADE ARC-
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, SOUTHEAST NEOLITHIC PERIOD, EASTERN CHINA, SHAPED PENDANTS, HUANG
CHINA, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM BC 3RD MILLENNIUM BC NEOLITHIC PERIOD, SOUTHEAST
The group comprises two handle-shaped Each disc has a central circular aperture and CHINA, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM BC
huang and an arc-shaped huang, carved has slightly convex sides tapering gently to Of graduated sizes, each huang has a small
from pale greyish-green jade with extensive the inner and outer edges. The jade is now hole drilled from both sides at the upward-
alteration, and with a satiny polish. Each is primarily opaque. curved end.
curved upward at the ends and has small The largest, 2æ in. (4.5 cm.) diam., cloth box The largest, 4Ω in. (11.5 cm.) wide (10)
holes drilled from both sides. (15)
5æ in. (14.7 cm.) wide (3) $7,000-9,000
$4,000-6,000
$6,000-8,000 PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE: The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.
PROVENANCE: The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.

新石器時代 中國東南部
A pale green jade huang of this shape, dated 新石器時代 中國東部 公元前三千紀 公元前四至三千紀 玉璜十件
Neolithic period, c. 2500 BC, is illustrated 玉環十五件
by Jessica Rawson in Chinese Jade from
the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum,
1995, p. 145, no. 5:13. Two further jade huang
of this shape and of similar date from the
collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth were
sold at Christie’s New York 19 March 2015,
lot 527.

新石器時代 中國東南部
公元前四至三千紀 玉璜三件