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SIX EARLY JADE CARVINGS
Western Zhou/Han Dynasty
Comprising a smoothly-carved bi-disc, the
stone of pale green tone with mottled white
and brown patches, 10.8cm (4 1/4in) diam.;
a small cong with square-cut exterior and
cylindrical interior, the stone of olive-green
tone with orange-russet patches, 4.5cm (1
3/4in) wide; a cicada, the stone of yellowish
tone with extensive creamy-white calcification,
5.7cm (2 1/4in) long; a sword slide carved
in shallow relief with a stylised mythical
beast with eye and bushy eyebrows, archaic
C-scrolls extending down the back, the stone
of green tone with creamy patches, 7.4cm
(3in) long; a huang pendant carved on both
sides with archaic pommel patterns, the stone
of warm amber tone, 8.5cm (3 1/4in) wide;
and a disc incised with a stylised mythical
animal, the stone of pale grey tone with some
red pigment in the incisions, 3.7cm (1 1/2in)
diam. (6).

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 53,000

西周/漢 玉飾一組六件

Provenance: C. T. Loo, New York, 17 June
1948 (the cicada); June 1948 (the huang),
Catalogue circa 1941-1942; Paris, January
1951 (the sword guard)
Mlle Densmore, Paris (the cong)
Mrs Gret Hasler (1895-1971), Winterthur,
Switzerland, and thence by descent

來源：紐約古董商盧芹齋，1948年6月17日
（玉蟬）；1948年6月
（玉璜），約1941-1942年出版於《圖錄》；
巴黎古董商盧芹齋，1951年1月（玉劍彘）
巴黎古董商Mlle Densmore（玉琮）
瑞士溫特圖爾Gret Hasler夫人（1895-1971）
舊藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare the jade cong with a similar
example, Western Zhou dynasty, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum: Jadeware (I), Hong Kong,
1995, p.94, no.78. See a similar jade carving
of a cicada, Han dynasty, from the Qing Court
Collection, illustrated in Ibid., p.232, no.193.
For a similar jade huang, Spring and Autumn
period, see Ibid., no.106.

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