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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
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AN OLIVE-GREEN AND CALCIFIED JADE PRAYING MANTIS For a similar carving of a praying mantis, see Yinxu fu Hao mu (The
PENDANT Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu in Anyang), 1980, reprint Beijing: Wenwu,
Shang dynasty or later 1984, p. 165, fig. 85, no. 7 (382), and pl. CXXXIX, no. 1 (382). As
The stylized mantis shown with conical body neatly delineated with a result of burial, the deep olive-green stone has been calcified to
ridged scrolls forming the wings and simple channels to highlight the an opaque beige on its left side. Some residue of powdered ochre
two large forelegs, a short neck and simply formed head with large remains on the surface of the stone, which has an overall soft medium
relief eyes, one side almost entirely calcified, pierced through the polish.
forelegs for suspension, traces of red pigment.
2 7/8in (7cm) long Another insect of similar form but described as a grasshopper is
illustrated by Liu Yang, Translucent World, Chinese Jade from the
$15,000 - 20,000 Forbidden City, Sydney, 2000, p.60, no. 14, where the author, citing
the publication above, notes that the earliest known jade grasshopper
商或更晚 青玉螳螂形珮 pendant was excavated from the Fuhao tomb at Anyang in Henan
(late 13th century BCE) and that jade grasshoppers from this period
Literature: are normally about 6-8 cm. in length and carved out of a yellowish or
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades, From greenish stone.
Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, p. 48, no. 36

出版：
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36，頁48

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