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A TURQUOISE MATRIX COILED ‘PIG-DRAGON’ PENDANT A TURQUOISE MATRIX FIGURAL OWL PENDANT
Shang Dynasty or later Shang Dynasty or later
The flattened coiled dragon neatly delineated with ridged channels Carved in the round to depict a standing owl, the body neatly
to depict the wide-eyed open-mouthed beast with short coiling delineated with ridged scrolls forming the wings and feathers, the
body and tapered tail, the spine marked with simple diamond- upward-looking head with hooked beak and large ears, pierced
shaped hatching, all topped by a simple knop crest, pierced to the vertically through the center for suspension.
center from both sides for suspension some inclusions to the mostly 1 1/2in (4cm) high
turquoise stone.
1 3/16in (4.3cm) high $3,000 - 5,000
$800 - 1,200 商或更晚 綠松石鴞形珮

商或更晚 綠松石豬龍形珮 For a larger Shang dynasty carving of an owl carved in the round but
surmounted by a high comb, see Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu
A near identical white and gray jade example sold at Sotheby’s, Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
New York, Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Museum) Jadeware I, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 73, no. 63. For another
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull, 6 December 1983, lot 149 and later green jade owl dating to the Shang dynasty with similar ridged scrolls
illustrated by Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to to the body, see Christie’s, Hong Kong, Chinese Archaic Jades from
the Qing, 1995, London, British Museum, p. 210, no. 12:3, where The Yangdetang Collection, Part II, 28 November 2018, lot 2720.
the author notes “Thread relief such as that on this jade is a feature
of only a few Shang period jades. It was, however, one of the major
types of decoration on neolithic jades of the Longshan and Shijiahe
cultures, and it is clear that Shijiahe jades with relief decoration
were known to the Shang”.

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