An archaic calcified jade 'deer' plaque, Shang dynasty
Auction Closed
November 5, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Length 7.8 cm, 3⅛ in.
Collection of Mr and Mrs Richard C. Bull.
Sotheby’s New York, 6 December 1983, lot 141.
Collection of Mineo Hata.
Masterpieces of Chinese Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1954.
Chinese Jade Exhibit, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1962, cat. no. 107 .
Chinese Jade, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1963.
Chinese Jades, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1978, cat. no. 19.
Elizabeth H. West, 'Jade. Its Character and Occurrence', Expedition, Winter 1963, p. 10.
Elizabeth Lyons, 'Chinese Jades', Expedition, Spring 1978, p. 15, fig. 17.