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21 西周 玉魚三件
THREE JADE FISH CARVINGS
Western Zhou Dynasty 來源：
Comprising an olive-green angular flattened fish with incised 香港張陶然先生舊藏，1982年
decoration of the eyes, dorsal fins and tail; a dark green fish of slender 松竹堂收藏，編號25、27及29
elongated form tapering at both ends; and a small fish of flattened
form and of semi-translucent light-yellow tone. 出版及著錄：
12cm (4 3/4in), 11.3cm (4 1/2in), and 4cm (1 1/2in) long (3). 霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版25
，27及29
HK$40,000 - 60,000
US$5,100 - 7,700 此拍品包括三件玉魚。一件青玉，魚作扁平片狀，長條形，以單陰線
雕出魚眼、背鰭、腹鰭和尾部，口微張並有一穿孔。另一件小玉魚呈
Provenance: 扁平短形，同樣以單陰線雕出魚頭、魚眼和魚鰭，身體寬肥，尾部分
Cheung Tao Yin, Hong Kong, 1982 叉，口部鑽一圈孔。再一件深綠色玉魚，局部鈣化，魚身細長，尾巴
The Songzhutang collection, nos.25, 27 and 29 分叉，口有鑽孔。整體刻畫簡練，簡單古樸。

Published and Illustrated: 可參考北京故宮博物院藏一件西周玉魚，同樣雕刻成細長條扁體，見
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, 《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編2：夏商周》，北京，2011年，頁245
Hong Kong, 2011, pls.25, 27 and 29 ，圖版299。另參考一件西周魚形玉珮，其細長魚身與本器相似，但
尺寸較小，見《中國出土玉器全集3》，北京，2010年，頁75。甘肅
See a similar jade fish carving of flattened form, Western Zhou dynasty, 省博物館藏一件西周魚形小玉珮亦可與本拍品中的小魚作比較，出土
illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: 於甘肅省靈台縣白草坡，見《中國出土玉器全集15》，北京，2010
Jade 2 Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, p.245, pl.299. 年，頁72。
Compare also the elongated fish, with a slightly smaller example,
Western Zhou dynasty, excavated from tomb no.5 at the burial site of
Yongningpu in Hongtong, Shanxi Province, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol.3, Beijing, 2010, p.75. A
further example of a small jade fish, Western Zhou dynasty, is in the
Gansu Provincial Museum, excavated from Baicaopo in Lingtai, Gansu
Province, illustrated in ibid., vol.15, Beijing, 2010, p.72.

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