Lot 508
  • 508

THREE JADE PENDANTS, HUANG AND A JADE 'OWL' ORNAMENT LATE SHANG – EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY |

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 HKD
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Description

  • 4.1 to 9.3 cm, 1 5/8  to 3 5/8  in.
each huang carved with a stylised dragon, pierced with apertures at the ends; the jade owl of a yellowish-celadon colour, detailed with rounded eyes and spread wings

Provenance

top left:
Collection of A.W. Bahr, Weybridge, 1963. 
Collection of Arthur M. Sackler.
Christie's New York, 18th March 2009, lot 301.

the other two huang:
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, prior to 1966. 
Collection of Arthur M. Sackler.
Christie's New York, 18th March 2009, lot 301.

Condition

All have some surface wear and minor chips or nibbling to the ‎edges, consistent with age and the type but there do not appear to be any significant break or repair.
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