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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION A LIANGZHU-STYLE JADE PENDANT
TWO ARCHAIC JADE FISH-FORM PENDANTS NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR LATER
SHANG - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY the curved tapering body finely carved to one side with a
stylized face mask on top of a mythical beast design, the
each of elongated rectangular form depicting a fish in profile, opaque stone of russet tone with gray and white patches
the head with large incised circular eyes and curved gill, Length 2¾ in., 7 cm
the body detailed with fins and terminating in a bifurcated
tail, the mouth pierced with a small aperture, the stone of a PROVENANCE
variegated celadon color (2)
Length of larger 3⅜ in., 8.6 cm Acquired from a private collection, New York, 1995.
PROVENANCE $ 5,000-7,000
Collection of John Story Jenks (1876-1946), and thence by
descent. 新石器時代或更晚 良渚風格玉神人獸面
EXHIBITED 紋墜
Chinese Art in the Philadelphia Collections, Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1937. 來源
John Story Jenks, an active philanthropist, served for many 1995年得於紐約私人收藏
years on the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, as well as donating many Chinese works of art to its
permanent collection.
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$ 6,000-8,000 A LIANGZHU-STYLE CRESCENT-SHAPED JADE
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商至西周 玉雕魚形珮兩件 NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR LATER

來源 of semi-circular form, one side finely carved and incised in
John Story Jenks (1876-1946) 收藏，此後家族傳承 low relief with a stylized human mask design, the reverse
with four apertures for suspension, the beige stone with 190
attractive gray veins
展覽 Width 2¼ in., 5.7 cm
《Chinese Art in the Philadelphia Collections》，費城藝
術博物館，費城，1937年 PROVENANCE
Acquired from a private collection, New York, March 1993.

$ 5,000-7,000
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A LIANGZHU-STYLE JADE BLADE 新石器時代或更晚 良渚風格玉神人獸面紋
NEOLITHIC - SHANG DYNASTY 半圓形飾
of elongated oval shape terminating in a point at one end and
at a narrow tang at the other, the broad surface thinning to 來源
gently beveled edges, pierced with a small aperture near the 1993年3月得於紐約私人收藏
center of the body, the stone of a mottled caramel-brown
color
Length 6 in., 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s East, New York, 2nd Feburary 1986.
$ 5,000-7,000

新石器時代至商 玉戈

來源
紐約佳士得1986年2月2日

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