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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAM AND MYRNA MYERS
825
AN ORANGISH-RUSSET JADE ARCHED PENDANT, HUANG SAM 及 MYRNA MYERS 珍藏
LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC 東周晚期 公元前四至三世紀 褐玉璜
The pendant is carved allover in low relief on both sides with small comma
spirals within a narrow canted border cut with notches. The stone is of greyish- 來源:
beige and russet tone, pierced with a single hole in the center for suspension. 1995年入藏於香港
5¬ in. (14.2 cm.) long 展覽:
「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
$12,000-18,000 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
出版:
PROVENANCE:
Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1995. J. Desroches, 《Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art》, 義大利, 2016
年, 頁59, 編號118
EXHIBITED:
From the Lands of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History
Complex , Montreal, 16 November 2016-19 March 2017; Kimbell Art Museum,
Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.
LITERATURE:
J. Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Italy, 2016, p. 59,
no. 118.
The present huang can be compared to the jade example in the collection of
Sir Joseph Hotung illustrated by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to
the Qing, London, 1995, p. 267, no. 17:6. For a depiction of how huang of this
type might have been worn, see p. 263, fig. 1, where a line drawing of lacquer-
painted figures from the Chu tomb at Henan Xinyang, 4th century BC, shows
huang hung from pendent beaded cords down the front of the body.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAM AND MYRNA MYERS
824
A MOTTLED GREENISH-GREY JADE `DRAGON’ PENDANT SAM 及 MYRNA MYERS 珍藏
LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC 東周晚期 公元前四至三世紀 青灰玉龍形珮
The pendant is carved on one end with a dragon head with an elongated snout,
ears pricked back and jaw agape. The sinuous body is defined with spiral 來源:
scrolls within raised borders. The stone is of greenish-grey tone and is pierced Sam及Myrna Myers珍藏, 巴黎, 1999年前入藏.
with a single hole in the center for suspension. 展覽:
7¿ in. (18 cm.) long 「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
$10,000-15,000 出版:
PROVENANCE: J. Desroches, 《Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art》, 義大利,
Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1999. 2016年, 頁59, 編號124
D. Jones, 〈East meets West〉, 《Minerva》, 2016年11月-12月, 頁39, 編號14
EXHIBITED: (左下)
From the Lands of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History J. Desroches, 〈Jade, Silk and Porcelain: The Treasures of the Collection
Complex, Montreal, 16 November 2016-19 March 2017; Kimbell Art Museum, of Sam and Myrna Myers in Montreal〉, 《亞洲藝術》, 2017年1月-2月, 頁126,
Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018. 圖5
LITERATURE:
J. Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Italy, 2016, p. 59,
no. 124.
D. Jones, “East meets West,” Minerva, November/December 2016, p. 39, no.
14 (lower left).
J. Desroches, “Jade, Silk and Porcelain: The Treasures of the Collection of Sam
and Myrna Myers in Montreal,” Arts of Asia, January-February 2017, p. 126, fig. 5.

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