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2735
A PALE CELADON JADE ‘TAOTIE’
ORNAMENT
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1300-1100 BC
The ornament has a slender tapering form with a rectangular cross-
section, carved in relief on both sides with a stylised taotie mask
with curled horns below the waisted shaft. The stone has a pale
sage green colour with russet inclusions of varying tones.
7 ¿ in. (18.2 cm.) long, box
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Macau in 1988
A jade ornament (14.8 cm. long) of nearly identical shape and carved
with a leiwen motif below the shaft was excavated at Yinxu in Anyang,
Henan province, now in the Institute of History and Philology, Taipei,
see Gems of Yinxu: Catalogue of Selected Artifacts from Anyang in the
Institute of History and Philology, Taipei, 2009, p. 221, no. 210.

商晚期 玉柄形器

來源
1988年購於澳門
一件形式、紋飾類似的玉柄形器（14.8公分長）曾出土於殷墟小屯331號
墓，現藏於中央研究院歷史語言研究所，載於《殷墟出土器物選粹》，
台北，2009年。

2735

2736
A GREENISH-WHITE LITERATURE
JADE ‘SERPENT’ Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection,
Bluett and Sons Ltd, London, 1990, no. 18
PENDANT
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, For Dr. Cheng's biography, see the footnote to
lot 2725
12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The flat pendant of somewhat trapezoidal 商晚期 玉蛇紋珮
shape is finely incised on both sides with
a coiled serpent with a heart-shaped head 來源
and double-line lozenge motifs on the 鄭德坤舊藏（1907-2001）
body. The pendant is drilled vertically from
the top to the bottom with another hole Bluett and Sons Ltd.，倫敦
pierced on either end. 藍田山房舊藏，1990年12月20日購自
1.5 in. (3.9 cm.) long, box Bluett and Sons Ltd.
2736 出版
HK$80,000-120,000
US$11,000-16,000 《Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei
Collection》（木扉珍藏中國玉器），
PROVENANCE Bluett and Sons Ltd.，倫敦，1990年，
Collection of Dr Cheng Te-k’un (1907- 圖版18號
2001)
Bluett and Sons Ltd., London 鄭德坤 (1907-2001)教授之簡介，見拍品2725
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired 號。
from the above on 20 December 1990

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