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A MOTTLED RUSSET JADE A JADE CARVING OF A DEER
BUFFALO-FORM PENDANT WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC The stone is carved in the form of a deer depicted standing upright
The jade is carved in the form of a buffalo standing foursquare with with incised angular eyes, pointed ears and linear lines to delineate
its head facing forward with pointed ears delineated in shallow the body.
relief. A tiny circular aperture is drilled through the chin and the 1 Ω in. (4 cm.) wide, box
lower mouth. The stone ranges in colour from caramel to dark HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
brown.
2 in. (5.2 cm.) wide, box PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990
HK$40,000-60,000 US$5,200-7,800
A similar celadon jade carving of stag, but with broken antlers, was
PROVENANCE excavated from Yu tomb no.BRM1-yi of the Western Zhou Yu State
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1992 tomb complex at Baoji city, Shaanxi province, illustrated in Baojiguo
mudi, volume 2, Beijing, 1988, pl.184.
A jade carving of a buffalo of nearly identical proportion, and similarly
pierced with an aperture through the chin and lower mouth, was
excavated from tomb no. BRM1-yi of the Western Zhou Yu State tomb 西周 小玉鹿
complex at Baoji city, Shaanxi province, illustrated in Yuguo Jade Wares,
Beijing, 2010, p. 148 (185).
來源
藍田山房舊藏，1990 年購於台北
西周 玉牛形珮
陝西省寳雞市西周 國墓群中的 BRM1 乙號墓曾出土類似的青玉鹿，
著於《寶雞國墓地》，下冊，北京，1988 年，圖版 184。
來源
藍田山房舊藏，1992 年購於台北
陝西省寳雞市西周 國墓群中的 BRM1 乙號墓曾出土類似例，其比例、
造型與此近乎相同，下顎至口部亦見穿孔，見《 國玉器》，北京，
2010 年，頁 148（185）。

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