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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT YELLOW JADE
BELT HOOK, DAIGOU
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 3RD- 2ND CENTURY BC
The large, shield-shaped belt hook is finely carved and pierced in the shape 貴族私人珍藏
of a single-horned mythical beast, its body with cloud-shaped scrolls and
a single-horned beast in high-relief to the centre. The reverse of the finial is 西漢 黃玉帶鉤
incised with a long-tailed stylised bird and the circular stud with a swirling 來源:
pattern. The jade is of translucent yellow colour with areas of russet. 陳仁濤(1906-1968年)舊藏,上海及香港
3 5/8 in. x 2 1/2 in. x 5/8 in. (9.2 x 6.4 x 1.6 cm.), zitan stand von Oertzen男爵伉儷舊藏, 南非, 約翰內斯堡, 於1969年前購入
倫敦佳士得, 2008年11月4日, 拍品128號
£600,000-800,000 US$770,000-1,000,000
€660,000-880,000 出版:
陳仁濤, 《 Essays on Chinese Antiquities - The First Album of King-Kwei's Collection with
PROVENANCE:
Explanations》香港, 1952年, 92頁 編號3
Collection of J D Chen (Chen Rentao 1906-1968), Shanghai and Hong Kong.
S. Howard Hansford,《Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams》約翰內斯堡, 1969年, 86頁, 圖版
The Collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen, Johannesburg, South
B47
Africa, acquired prior to 1969.
Christie's London, 4 November 2008, lot 128.
Property from a Princely Collection.
LITERATURE:
J.D. Chen, Essays on Chinese Antiquities - The First Album of King-Kwei's
Collection with Explanations, Hong Kong, 1952, p. 92, no. 3.
S. Howard Hansford, Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969,
p. 86, no. B47.
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