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PROPERTY FROM THE SAM AND MYRNA MYERS COLLECTION 東周 黃玉瑞獸玉珮飾
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND LARGE YELLOW JADE
ANIMAL-SHAPED PLAQUE 來源：
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 查爾．維涅（Charles Vignier，1863-1934年）收藏，
巴黎
exceptionally and powerfully worked in the form of a beast
with an undulating silhouette defined with crisp edges, the 展覽：
head of the beast depicted with a long horn issuing along the 或《Exposition Vignier》，聖奧諾雷區街109號 Galeries
contours and ending in an upcurled tip, the head portrayed Levesque & Co.，巴黎，1913年，編號209
diving far down, as if peering over an edge, further rendered 《Radiant Stones. Archaic Chinese Jades / Pierres
with a prominent and broad snout ending in an arc-shaped radieuses. Jades archaïques chinois》，巴黎，2000年，
tip, the muscular body terminating in a bifurcated tail and 紐約，2001年，編號108及封面
decorated with subtle relief on each side with raised bosses, 《Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art》
the bent limbs further exquisitely adorned with zoomorphic
outlines, incised with two undeciphered characters, the ，Pointe-à-Callière 博物館，蒙特利爾，2016年，編
lustrous stone of a yellowish colour accentuated with brown 號15
markings around the edges 《From the Lands of Asia: The Sam and Myrna Myers
22 cm, 8⅝ in. Collection》，Pointe-à-Callière 博物館，蒙特利
爾，2016-7年，金寶美術館，德州沃斯堡，2018年
PROVENANCE
Collection of Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris.
EXHIBITED
Possibly: Exposition Vignier, Galeries Levesque & Co., 109
Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, 1913, cat. no. 209.
Radiant Stones. Archaic Chinese Jades/Pierres radieuses.
Jades archaïques chinois, Paris, 2000, New York, 2001, cat.
no. 108 and illustrated on the catalogue cover.
Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Pointe-a’-
Callie’re, Montreal, 2016, cat. no. 15.
From the Land of Asia: The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection,
Pointe-a’-Callie’re, Montreal, 2016-7, Kimbell Art Museum,
Forth Worth, Texas, 2018.
HK$ 25,000,000-30,000,000
US$ 3,190,000-3,830,000

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