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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
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A ‘YELLOW’ JADE SALAMANDER PENDANT
Shang Dynasty
The realistically carved animal of flattened form with rounded upper
surface and flat lower surface, the four legs evenly-spaced to the sides
and with a furrowed tail curling to one side, softly carved details and
polished surface, the underside with more-evident angular geometric
cutting strokes.
2 5/8in (6.6cm) long

$1,200 - 1,800
For a similar reptile-form pendant, dated to the Shang Dynasty, circa
1200 B.C., see Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to
the Qing, British Museum, London, 1995, p. 223 no. 12:20, where the
author notes that the depiction of reptiles is uncommon among Shang
jade animal pendants: toads and turtles being far more frequently
depicted

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