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A CELADON JADE TOOTHED ☾൷ᐸ٫ 㤎ἕະ㹁ؾḶ㤛㨬
ANIMAL MASK ORNAMENT
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HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 4000-3000 BC ⻤⊏ྒྷᏑ⯠⻦卿 ჺ㐟ᙻझ࢈
The well-polished stone is carved and pierced in the form of an
ࣻ⩠㱐ᇪల⯠⻦ݦ։㰍ᡟ㘆ַ⎏⡚ྒྷ჌䁝࡚⁒㬷㱈卿Ӭ։㖅ഌ卻༶
animal mask. It is decorated with arched brows, and circular eyes.
ݩߎ卼卿ⰰڍ㬪⣔卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎
The details of the face are carefully rendered with thick concave औӬ։ཨ༿⯝᫉⏟֎卻༶ ݩߎ卼卿ⰰ㘆ᡀ㿩卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ
troughs and the bottom of the jade is carved with segmented
צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
sections representing the teeth of the animal. The top of the
ornament is pierced with a small aperture for suspension.
4 …Õ/”ÿ in. (12.6 cm.) wide, box
US$39,000-64,000
HK$300,000-500,000
PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1989
Compare to two similar jade toothed animal mask ornaments of this
period from the Yangdetang collection, one larger (19.6 cm. wide) and
of a more greenish tone , sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November
2017, lot 2704; the other of comparable size (12 cm. wide) and
yellowish in tone, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2018,
lot 2708.

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