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A WHITE JADE CARVING OF AN 商 白玉鴞
OWL 來源
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC 金華堂舊藏，1998 年購於台北
The jade is carved in the round depicting an owl standing on its
feet and tail, with a pair of notched horns and features delineated 河南安陽殷墟婦好墓曾出土一件形態及雕刻風格與此十分相近的玉鴞，
with incised lines. The semi-translucent stone is of an even 見《殷墟婦好墓》，北京，1980 年，圖版 137，編號 3（465）。
greenish-white tone with areas of white opaque mottling.
7
1 ⁄16 in. (3.5 cm.) high, box
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
PROVENANCE
Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1998
Compare to a jade carving of an owl excavated from the tomb of the
Shang queen, Fu Hao, consort of king Wu Ding, at Anyang, Henan
province, illustrated in Yinxu Fuhao mu (The Jades from the tomb of Fu
Hao at Yinxu), Beijing, 1980, pl. 137, no. 3 (465), which shares a nearly
identical posture as the present carving and similar treatment of the
incised details.
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