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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
703 晚商 安陽時期 公元前十三至十一世紀 褐玉虎
A SUPERB AND IMPORTANT LARGE JADE TIGER PENDANT 來源:
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
通運公司 (Tonying & Company, Inc.) ，紐約，1939年前入藏。
The flat, curved pendant is in the shape of a crouching tiger and carved on
姚昌復 (1884-1963) 珍藏，紐約。
each side in a double lines delineating a large eye, an ear, and markings on the
body and the curled tail. The yellowish-green jade has some dark brown areas Dorothy Yau (Sze Zoh Yao, 1913年生) 珍藏，紐約，於 1946年11月10日得自上
and opaque buff alteration. Together with a toned gelatin silver print of C. F. 述藏家。
Yau, circa 1940, signed ‘Iraida/NY’ in red ink.
後傳至後裔George Tsoo-Ying Young (1935-2002) ， 紐約。
49/16 in. (11.6 cm.) long (maximum, ear to tail), cloth box
展覽:
紐約，Arden Gallery，3000 Years of Chinese Jade，1939年1月10日-2月11日,
$300,000-500,000
編號66。
PROVENANCE: 出版:
Tonying & Company, Inc., New York, prior to 1939.
《3000 Years of Chinese Jade》，Arden Gallery，紐約，1939年，編號66，
C. F. Yau (Yau Chang Foo, 1884-1963) Collection, New York.
著錄於頁97。
Dorothy Yau (Sze Zoh Yao, b. 1913) Collection, New York, acquired from the
above, 10 November 1946.
By descent to George Tsoo-Ying Young (1935-2002), New York.
EXHIBITED:
New York, Arden Gallery, 3000 Years of Chinese Jade, 10 January – 11 February
1939, no. 66.
LITERATURE:
3000 Years of Chinese Jade, Arden Gallery, New York, 1939, no. 66, illustrated
on p. 97.

The present jade tiger pendant featured in the exhibition catalogue, 3000 Years of Chinese Jade, C. F. Yau, circa 1940. Signed ‘Iraida/NY’ in red ink.
Arden Gallery, New York, 1939, p. 97, no. 66.
姚昌復，1940年前後。Iraida/NY紅墨落款。
本拍品於《3000 Years of Chinese Jade》之著錄，Arden Gallery ，紐約，1939年，頁97，編號66。
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