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144 A GREEN JADE BIRD-FORM AMULET
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE
新石器時代 紅山文化 玉鴞形珮
the flattened bird with wings outstretched, carved with a small protruding head and proud chest, the greenish stone partially
calcified
Length 1⅛ in., 3 cm
$ 8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d.1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
Small, sculpturally abstract amulets in the form of birds, possibly owls, are among the most iconic categories of
pendants produced by the Hongshan Culture, based in north-east China, circa 3500 B.C.. Similar examples have
been found at Hongshan sites, such as Hutouhou in Fuxin, Liaoning province and a Balinyouqi in Inner Mongolia,
see Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. I:5, where a similar example is
illustrated.
此玉飾作鳥形，當為鴞，器微制簡，乃約公元前3500年 例，類例見 Jessica Rawson，《Chinese Jades from
中國東北部紅山文化之典範。紅山遺址曾出土相若器，可 the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版I:5。
資參考，如遼寧省阜新市虎頭後及內蒙古巴林右旗出土類
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