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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 249

A VERY RARE CELADON JADE FITTING, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, WARRING STATES PERIOD
Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 USD

A VERY RARE CELADON JADE FITTING
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, WARRING STATES PERIOD
東周 戰國 玉扭絲紋飾

of circular form, finely carved in tightly coiled 'rope-twist' pattern, set to the center with a plain bar, the smoothly polished stone of
a pale-celadon tone with russet coloration

Diameter 2⅜ in., 5.9 cm

Provenance
Warren E. Cox & Associates, New York, 10th June 1972.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
Warren E. Cox & Associates，紐約，1972年6月10日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Catalogue Note
Jade fittings of this type appear to be extremely rare, although a closely related fitting is recorded in the collection of the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, published on the museum's website, acc. no. 001154-N000000000. According to the museum, this type
of fitting was used to secure belt buckles. A group of jade rings from the Eastern Zhou dynasty, carved with the same 'rope twist'

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