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A JADE TIGER-FORM FINIAL 商 玉虎飾
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
來源
The jade is carved in the form of a tiger’s head and forelimbs, 藍田山房舊藏，1992年購於台北
with a large circular aperture pierced from the mouth through the
back. The stone is of a pale yellowish-white tone with some faint 1980年北京出版《殷墟婦好墓》一書中，有兩件形制類似的銅鑲綠松石
caramel fissures and tiny areas of opaque inclusions. 的虎頭和前肢，見圖版76號，編號3(930)及4(929)，其頸的末端鑲有玉
æ in. (1.9 cm.) high, box 柱，可能是插在漆木器上的裝飾。此件玉虎頭和前肢的形制，與上述兩
件銅虎相類，由此推測，此件虎頸末端亦應鑲有另一種材質的柱身。這
HK$80,000-120,000 US$11,000-16,000 種複合工藝，在商代常可看到。

PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1992
The present jade carving is closely related to two turquoise-inlaid bronze
finials fitted with jade cylinders excavated from the tomb of the Shang
queen Fu Hao at Yinxu, Anyang, Henan province, see Yinxu Fuhao mui
(The Jades from the tomb of Fu Hao at Yinxu), Beijing, 1980, pl. 76,
figs. 3 (93), 4 (929), which may have served as decorative elements on
lacquered wood vessels. It is possible that the current carving was also
fitted with a cylinder of a different material.

Sketch of the turquoise-inlaid bronze finial fitted
with jade cylinder
銅鑲綠松石虎頭和前肢圖示

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