A green jade bird pendant Neolithic period, Hongshan culture | 新石器時代紅山文化鳥形玉珮

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June 10, 03:15 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 EUR

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Property from the Bei Zu collection

A green jade bird pendant

Neolithic period, Hongshan culture

depicted with bulging eyes each side of the protruding beak and flanked by a pair of wide angular wings, its body carved with small triangles simulating the talons, the reverse pierced with an aperture for suspension, the stone of a dark green colour with pale brown inclusions

4.5 cm, 1¾ in.

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Pendentif en jade vert de forme d'oiseau, période néolithique, culture de Hongshan

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北祖珍藏

新石器時代紅山文化鳥形玉珮

4.5 公分， 1¾英寸

The importance of the bird motif in the Hongshan culture is discussed in Wu Hung, ‘Bird Motifs in Eastern Yi Art’, Orientations, vol. 16, no. 10, October 1985, pp. 31-41, where he illustrates line drawings of various bird pendants excavated in Liaoning province, figs 4-8. Compare a jade bird figure from the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, The British Museum, London, 1995, no. 1:5.

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巫鴻曾撰文討論鳥紋在紅山文化中的重要性，見其著作〈Bird Motifs in Eastern Yi Art〉，《Orientations》，卷16，第10期，1985年10月，頁31-41，作者以線描圖展示遼寧出土各式鳥紋玉飾的設計，圖4-8。另可參考何東爵士舊藏玉鳥，圖見羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，大英博物館，倫敦，1995年，編號1:5。