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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF AN OWL
SHANG DYNASTY
worked in the round and depicted standing on its feet with the head held high and accentuated with a pair of raised round eyes and
sharp hooked beak, the breast rendered rounded and decorated with elaborate plumage, further portrayed with a pair of wings
curving to the back of the figure above a tail, the back of the neck pierced with an aperture, the stone of a pale celadon colour with
light brown patches
商 青白玉鴞
3.5 cm, 1⅜ in.
HK$ 350,000-450,000
US$ 44,700-57,500
PROVENANCE 來源
Alvin Lo Oriental Art Ltd, New York 春源齋，紐約
LITERATURE 出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection 羅伯特．楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器．新石器時代至
of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版31
2008, pl. 31.
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