Page 32 - Bonhams Hong King May 30 2017 THE SONGZHUTANG COLLECTION OF EARLY JADES

15 Tse Siu Bong was a Chinese antique collector in Hong Kong and well-
A RARE JADE DRAGON known for his archaic jade collection. He was the founder of Chung
Late Shang Dynasty Ching Dispensary and the CEO of King-to Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, a well
Carved in the form of a coiled dragon with its tail curving towards the known brand of Chinese herbal remedies in Hong Kong.
head, deftly carved with double-line scrolls with protruding eyes on
both sides, the softly polished stone of greyish tone suffused with dark A similar jade dragon pendant was excavated from the tomb of Fu Hao
brown markings. in Anyang, Henan Province, carved with a coiled body incised in double
5.7cm (2in) long lines. See J.Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, p.209, fig.2.
HK$150,000 - 200,000
US$19,000 - 26,000 See another comparable example of a jade dragon, Shang dynasty, also
thickly carved in the form of a coiled dragon, illustrated in Compendium
Provenance: of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 2 Xia, Shang and Zhou
Tse Siu Bong, Hong Kong, 1982 Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, p.144, pl.137. Compare also a further related
The Songzhutang collection, no.19 example with similar carving style, in the Aurora Art Museum, illustrated
by Cai Qingliang, Jades of Shang Dynasty, Taipei, 2010, p.115, pl.68.
Published and Illustrated: Compare the carving and form of a white jade dragon, Shang dynasty,
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, from the Richard C. Bull collection, included in the Hong Kong Museum
Hong Kong, 2011, pl.19 of Art exhibition Chinese Jade Animals, 1996, no.6.

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