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2733
A PALE CELADON SHARK-FORM
PENDANT
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
The jade is carved in the form of a shark with a coiled mouth and
a hole near the snout. The top of the head is incised with two oval
eyes, in front of three lozenge-shaped markings on the body with
further cross-hatched decoration on the abdomen. The stone is of
a pale celadon tone with areas of opaque alteration.
2 º in. (5.7 cm.) wide, box

2733 HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
PROVENANCE
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1988

Similar jade ‘fish’ pendants, with a slender profile and incised decoration,
are illustrated by Huang Jun, Guyu tulu chuji, Beijing, 1939, juan 3,
republished under the title Actual Size Pictorial Book of Ancient Chinese
Jades, 1987, Hong Kong, p. 50.

商 玉鯊魚形珮

來源
養德堂舊藏，1988年購於台北

2734
THREE JADE FISH-FORM
KNIVES
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1100 BC
Each flattened jade is carved in the form of a
fish, finely detailed to their bodies with incisions
depicting its scales and fins.
Longest: 3 ¬ in. (9.2 cm.) long, box (3)

HK$80,000-120,000
US$11,000-16,000
PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in
1992
Similar jade fish-form knives are excavated from Yinxu, 2734
see five in various sizese published in The Jades from
Yinxu, Beijing, 1982, no. 30 (fig. 1).

商 魚形刻刀共三件

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1992年購於台北
參考五件類似魚形刻刀，刊於《殷墟玉器》，北京，
1982年，圖版30（圖一）。
fig. 1
圖一
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