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2770
A JADE FISH-FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC
The thin pendant is carved on both sides as a fish shown in profile
with incised linear eyes and its top fin filled with parallel diagonal
lines. There is a tiny hole drilled on one end below the head. The
jade has a mottled russet and green tone with areas of white opaque
alteration.
2 Ω in. (6 cm.) long, box

HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
PROVENANCE
Collection of Dr Cheng Te-k’un (1907-2001)
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in London in 1990
The nail-shaped mouth on the present lot is a typical design of Western
Zhou dynasty fish carvings. Compare two similar examples excavated
from the Yu State tomb, illustrated in Yuguo Jade Wares, Beijing, 2010,
pl. BZM7:161, p. 279.

西周 玉魚形珮

來源
2770 鄭德坤（1907-2001）
藍田山房舊藏，1990年購於倫敦
本件玉魚的釘子形嘴為西周的典型設計。可參考兩件相似形制例，
見《 國玉器》，北京，2010年，圖版BZM7:161，頁279 。

2771
A GREENISH-WHITE JADE FISH-
FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC
The jade is thinly carved as a flattened fish with an upturned nose
shown in profile, with incised eyes, and fins filled fine parallel
2771 lines. The semi-translucent stone is of a pale greenish-white tone
with some opaque inclusions and minor russet areas.
3 æ in. (9.5 cm.) wide, box

HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500

PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990
Compare to a pair of similar jade fish-form pendants carved from the
same piece of stone excavated from tomb no. BRM1-jia of the Western
Zhou Yu State tomb complex at Baoji city, Shaanxi province, illustrated in
Yuguo Jade Wares, Beijing, 2010, p. 24 (33, 34).

西周 青白玉魚形珮

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1990年購於台北
陝西省寳雞市西周 國墓群中的BRM1甲號墓曾出土一對與此形制類
似，以同一玉料對開成形的玉魚（33、34），見《 國玉器》，北京，
2010年，頁24。

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