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208 A RARE PALE GREEN JADE ‘HORSE’ PENDANT
LATE SHANG / WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
商末 / 西周 玉雕馬形珮

of flattened form tapering at the edges, the animal carved in profile, standing with its head slightly lowered, detailed with
almond-shaped eyes, pricked ears, and an incised mane, pierced through the mouth for suspension, the stone a mottled pale
grayish-green color

Width 2 in., 5.1 cm
$ 20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

LITERATURE 出版
Alfred Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, Alfred Salmony，《Chinese Jade Through the Wei
New York, 1963, pl. XI, fig. 7. Dynasty》，紐約，1963年，圖版XI，圖7

Shang dynasty jade horse pendants are extremely rare, and only two other examples appear to be recorded. See a
pair of jade horses of a slightly larger size, each pierced at the top of the neck with a small aperture for suspension,
excavated from Fu Hao’s tomb in Anyang, Henan province, published in Institute of Archaeology, CASS, ed., Jades
from the Yin Sites at Anyang, Beijing, 1981, pl. 94.

商代玉雕馬形珮極其罕見。目前所知出版者，應僅為一對 孔，作懸掛用，於河南安陽殷墟婦好墓出土，載於中國社
尺寸略大例，作馬形珮，造型相近，頸項上端各穿一小 會科學院考古研究所編，《殷墟玉器》，北京，1981年，
圖版94。

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