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A DARK CELADON JADE 商 玉龍鳥珮
OPENWORK ‘DRAGON AND BIRD’ 來源
PENDANT 1988年購於澳門
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
此玉雕呈現了神鳥負龍上升的畫面，展現了商人別致的巧思。相同的紋
The flat pendant is carved in openwork as a long-tailed bird with a 飾組合可見於殷墟婦好墓出土的玉一件玉龍鳥，見《殷墟婦好墓》，
high crest surmounted by a bottle-horn dragon with a hole pierced 北京，1980年，彩圖32號，編號1（354）。
through the tail. The stone is of a dark celadon tone with some
opaque mottling.
2 ……/”ÿ in. (6.9 cm.) long, box
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Macau in 1988
The unusual motif of a dragon surmounting a bird is similarly found on
a jade carving excavated from the tomb of the Shang queen Fu Hao
at Yinxu, Anyang, Henan province, illustrated in Yinxu Fuhao mui (The
Jades from the tomb of Fu Hao at Yinxu), Beijing, 1980, col. pl. 32, no.
1 (354).
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