Lot 13
  • 13

Pendentif en jade blanc, kui Dynastie Shang, ca. 1200 avant J.-C.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jade
de forme semi-circulaire sculptée en forme de dragon représenté de profil, avec de grands yeux carrés, le corps souligné de motifs géométriques à double ligne et surmonté d'un dos crénelé, la gueule et la queue percées, la pierre d'un blanc translucide uniforme, des traces de cinabre

Provenance

Acquired in Beijing, September 1943 (according to Max Loehr's notes).
Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-1988).
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.

Exhibited

Early Chinese Jades. A Loan Exhibition Presented by the Museum of Art, University of Michigan, Alumni Memorial Hall, Ann Arbor, March 22 through April 22, 1953, no. 78.
Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993, no. 53.

Literature

Max Loehr, Early Chinese Jades. A Loan Exhibition Presented by the Museum of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1953, cat. no. 78.
J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others,  New York, 1993, cat. no. 53.

Condition

The stone is smoothly polished. It is translucent and of a less grey colour than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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