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PROPERTY FROM A PENNSYLVANIA PRIVATE COLLECTION
A TURQUOISE AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE
BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD
Length 3⅝ in., 9.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Rare Arts, Inc., New York, May 1978.
$ 4,000-6,000

戰國 銅錯銀嵌綠松石帶鉤

來源
Rare Arts, Inc.，紐約，1978年5月

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PROPERTY FROM A PENNSYLVANIA PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PALE CELADON AND BROWN JADE BIRD-
FORM STAFF FINIAL
SONG - MING DYNASTY
Length 3¼ in., 8.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Rare Arts, Inc., New York, August 1973. 229
$ 5,000-7,000
AN EXTREMELY RARE GREEN AND RUSSET middle reaches of the Yangzi River, bringing bird-worshipping
JADE BIRD-FORM HAIR ORNAMENT practices to the region. Compare a closely related example in
宋至明 玉鳥形杖首 NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LATE SHIJIAHE CULTURE the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Art in Quest
of Heaven and Truth- Chinese Jades through the Ages, Taipei,
Height 3⅛ in., 8 cm 2012, pl. 4-5-11. Further examples sold at auction include two
來源
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, the first, 28th November 2017,
Rare Arts, Inc，紐約，1973年8月
PROVENANCE lot 2721; the second, 26th November 2019, lot 2753.
Christie’s New York, 4th June 1992, lot 177.
$ 20,000-30,000
Hair ornaments, such as the present example, are believed to
have been used to secure a Shamen’s hair and likely further
served a ritualistic function in facilitating the Shamen’s 新石器時代 石家河文化晚期 玉鳥紋笄
dialogue with the heavens. Similar ornaments have been
attributed to late Shijiahe culture. Circa 2300 BC, a branch of 來源
228 the clan of the bird-worshipping Yi people scattered across 紐約佳士得1992年6月4日，編號177
the northeast and the Shandong Peninsula moved to the

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