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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 203

A SUPE RB ARCHAISTIC SPI NACH- GREEN JADE PENDANT, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PE RIOD
Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 USD

A SUPERB ARCHAISTIC SPINACH-GREEN JADE PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 碧玉雕仿古瑞獸紋韘形珮

masterfully worked in the form of a pierced oval shield, carved to one side in relief with five clambering mythical animals, including
three chilong, a beast, and a phoenix, writhing around the central aperture, the other side with finely incised archaistic cloud motif
overlapped by an arched band of keyfret, the finely polished translucent stone of an attractive vibrant emerald-green color with
characteristic black speckled inclusions

Height 2¾ in., 7 cm

Provenance
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Catalogue Note
The form of this pendant, known as she, derives from bronze archer's rings of the Shang dynasty and Warring States period. By
the Han dynasty, it lost its utilitarian function and transformed into an ornamental plaque, characterized by its oval form and
pointed top (also referred to as 'chicken-heart shape'), carved with scrolling motifs or mythical creatures. Such pendants were
frequently carved in jade, including one excavated in 1968 at Lingshan, Mancheng County in Baoding, Hebei province, from the

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