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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
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A TURQUOISE MATRIX TIGER PENDANT
Shang/Western Zhou or later
Carved in the round with a semi-recumbent tiger seated on its tucked
legs with large open-mouthed head with large ears, the haunches
neatly delineated with simple ridged scrolls, a tail curling upwards, the
spine with v-shaped hatching which continues in stripes down the
body.
3 1/8in (7.8cm) long
$1,500 - 2,000

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN 商/西周或更晚 綠松石虎形珮
135 Literature:
A LARGE NEOLITHIC BLACK JADE BLADE Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades, From
Circa 2500-2000 BCE Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, p. 54, no. 48
Of trapezoidal shape, the blade is convex on both faces and tapers
from the blade edge to the other end, finished in an extremely 出版：
attractive high polish.
7in (17.7cm) long 羅伯特·楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器 新石器時代至清代》，芝加
哥，2008年，圖版48，頁54
$3,000 - 5,000 For a jade tiger carved in the round and recovered from a Shang
約公元前2500-2000年 黑玉刀 dynasty tomb, see Yinxu fu Hao mu (The Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu
in Anyang), 1980, reprint Beijing: Wenwu, 1984, p. 157, fig. 82, no. 6
(409), and pl. CXXXV, no. 2 (409).
Literature:
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades, From For a jade tiger pendant dated to the mid Spring and Autumn period
Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, p. 28, no. 2 (770-476 BCE), see Liu Yang, Translucent World, Chinese Jade from
the Forbidden City, Sydney, 2000, pp. 70-71, no. 22, where the author
出版： notes that the tiger was much favored over other animals and was
羅伯特·楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器 新石器時代至清代》，芝加 represented (in jade) as early as the Shang dynasty and that most were
哥，2008年，圖版2，頁28 depicted in a crouching pose. Eight examples were excavated from the
Fuhao tomb at Anyang, Henan. However, by the Eastern Zhou period
For two other examples see Christie’s, Hong Kong, The Chang Wei- (770-256 BCE), production reached its pinnacle and waned from then
Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades, 27 November 2019, lot 2741 (a on until revived during the Liao (907-1125 CE) and Jin (1115-1234 CE)
larger example, 13 5/8in long) and another, lot 2746. periods.

For a green jade blade (9 1/8in long), see Christie’s, Hong Kong, 8 See also Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the
October 2020, lot 221. Qing, 1995, London, British Museum, p. 214, no. 12:8, for a more
thinly cut jade tiger pendant.

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