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2772
A JADE FISH-FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC
The thin and flat arched pendant is carved on both sides as a fish
shown in profile with incised circular eyes and fins filled with
parallel diagonal lines. There is a tiny hole drilled on one end
below the head. The jade has a mottled russet tone with areas of
white opaque alteration.
3 Ω in. (9 cm.) wide, box

HK$50,000-70,000 US$6,500-9,100
PROVENANCE
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1988

The present pendant is nearly identical in shape and incised details to
a slightly larger Western Zhou jade ‘fish’ pendant (11 cm. wide) in the
Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, illustrated
in Zhongguo yuqi quanji – 2 – Shang, Xi Zhou, Hebei, 1993, p. 185, no.
258.

西周 玉魚形珮

來源
養德堂舊藏，1988年購於台北 2772
此件魚形珮的形制及對於陰刻細節的處理方式與現藏中國社會科學考
古研究所，自陝西省長安縣張家坡村五十號墓出土一件略為較大的魚
形珮（11公分寬）近乎相同， 見《中國玉器全集-2-商．西周》，河
北，1993年，頁185，圖版258號。

2773
A CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’
PENDANT, HUANG
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC
The thin arched pendant is carved on both sides as a dragon shown
in profile with a tiny hole drilled on one end below the head. The
semi-translucent stone is of a pale celadon colour with partially
altered surfaces. 2773
3 in. (7.5 cm.) wide, box

HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

A similar ‘dragon’ jade huang pendant dated to the late Shang dynasty
was 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. 18 (37).

西周 玉龍形璜

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1991年購於台北
陝西省寳雞市西周 國墓群中的BRM1甲號墓曾出土一件定年晚商的近
似例，見《 國玉器》，北京，2010年，頁18（37）。

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