Page 24 - 2020 Nov 30 Christie's Hong Kong Scholars Art Of China
P. 24
2705
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE 商 鑲嵌綠松石獸面銅內玉戚
TURQUOISE-INLAID AND JADE 來源
INSET BRONZE AXE, QI John Sparks，倫敦
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC 台北集友
With a gently curved cutting edge and long notched sides, the thin 藍田山房舊藏，1991 年購於台北
jade blade is pierced with two holes and connected to the bronze
socket cast with an openwork taotie mask below the plain nei with 著錄
a hole and the butt with a turquoise-inlaid taotie mask. 《Orientations》，1992 年 4 月
8 ¿ in. (21 cm.) long, box 年喜文教基金會 1995 年曆 4 月份
HK$1,800,000-2,500,000
US$230,000-320,000
PROVENANCE
John Sparks, London
Chen’s Curios Co., Taipei
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
LITERATURE
Orientations, April 1992
Nien-Hsi Foundation Taipei 1995 Calendar, April
22
