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A JADE CARVING OF A TIGER 商 玉虎
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
來源
The recumbent tiger is carved with its tail curled upwards and its 金華堂舊藏，1998年購於台北
legs tucked under the body, detailed with incised with double-line
details to the body. The altered jade is now opaque and of ivory 比較殷墟婦好墓出土的一件造型極為接近的玉虎，見《殷墟婦好墓》，
colour. 北京，1980年，圖版135，編號1（406）。
3 º in. (8.3 cm.) wide, box
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
PROVENANCE
Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1998
For a similar jade carving of a tiger in the same pose, compare to the
example 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, pl. 135, no. 1 (406).
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