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Fig. 1 Notched disc,
Shang or Western
Zhou dynasty,
13th–11th century BC.
Metropolitan Museum of
Art, Rogers Fund, 1927,
27.15.
圖一 牙璧, 商或西周, 公
元前13-11世紀, 大都會藝
術博物館藏, Rogers基金,
1927年, 館藏編號27.15

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAM AND MYRNA MYERS PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAM AND MYRNA MYERS
821 822
A MOTTLED PALE BEIGE JADE `DRAGON’ PENDANT A RARE PALE GREEN AND BEIGISH-BROWN JADE NOTCHED
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH DISC
CENTURY BC NORTHWEST CHINA, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EARLY BRONZE
The pendant is of arched shape and is carved with circular eyes and the mouth AGE, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
is pierced for suspension. The stone is of mottled pale beige tones with some The disc is carved along the outer edge with three groupings of deeply cut
opaque white inclusions. pointed notches interspersed with further shallow and blunt grooves. The
3¬ in. (9.2 cm.) long stone is of a pale greenish-beige tone with areas of brown and cream.
4¬ in. (11.5 cm.) diam.
$8,000-12,000
$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1979. PROVENANCE:
Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1980.
EXHIBITED:
From the Lands of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History EXHIBITED:
Complex, Montreal, 16 November 2016-19 March 2017; Kimbell Art Museum, From the Lands of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History
Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018. Complex, Montreal, 16 November 2016-19 March 2017; Kimbell Art Museum,
Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.
LITERATURE:
F. Salviati, The Language of Adornment: Chinese Ornaments of Jade, Crystal, LITERATURE:
Amber and Glass from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasty, Paris, 2002, no. 12. J. Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Italy, 2016, p. 47,
no. 81.
The fine linear projections along the lower edge of this handsome bottle-
horned dragon pendant suggests that it was carved from a section of a jade A related jade notched disc of larger size (15.6 cm.), dated to the late
collared disc such as the Shang-dynasty buff-colored example formerly in Shang-early Western Zhou period, 13 -11 century BC, is in the Metropolitan
th
th
the Lantian Shanfang Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The Chang Museum of Art, acc. no. 27.15. (Fig. 1)
Wei-Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades, 30 November 2020, lot 2713. Given
the precious nature of the material, it was common practice to re-carve SAM 及 MYRNA MYERS 珍藏
earlier jade carvings that might have been damaged or broken.
新石器時代 良渚文化 公元前三至二千紀 青白玉璿璣
SAM 及 MYRNA MYERS 珍藏 來源:
晚商/西周早期 公元前12至11世紀 褐玉龍形珮 1980年入藏於倫敦
來源: 展覽:
1979年入藏於巴黎 「From the Lands of Asia」, 蒙特婁考古歷史博物館, 蒙特婁, 2016年11月16
日-2017年3月19日; 金貝爾美術館, 沃斯堡, 德州, 2018年3月4日-8月19日
展覽:
出版:
「From the Lands of Asia」, 蒙特婁考古歷史博物館, 蒙特婁, 2016年11月16
日-2017年3月19日; 金貝爾美術館, 沃斯堡, 德州, 2018年3月4日-8月19日 J. Desroches, 《Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art》, 義大利,
2016年, 頁 47, 編號 81
出版:
F. Salviati, 《The Language of Adornment: Chinese Ornaments of Jade, 822
Crystal, Amber and Glass from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasty》,
巴黎, 2002年, 編號12

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