A rare, large, and superbly carved celadon jade bird-shaped pendant Neolithic period, Hongshan culture | 新石器時代 紅山文化青白玉鳥形珮

A similar jade bird from the collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d.1978), sold in our New York rooms, 19th march 2019, lot 144. Compare also a bird-form amulet from the Peony collection, illustrated in Angus Forsyth and Brian McElney, Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, cat. no. 14, and sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 28-29 November 2019, lot 724.

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. Similar examples have been found at Hongshan sites, such as Hutouhou in Fuxin, Liaoning province or at Balinyouqi in Inner Mongolia, illustrated in Gu Fang, Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji /The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China., Beijing, 2005, vol. 2, pl. 26.

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比較一例，出自史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏，售於紐約蘇富比2019年3月19日，編號144。另比新石器時代紅山文化青玉鳥作例，出自牡丹堂收藏，圖載於霍璽及麥雅理，《Jades from China》，東亞藝術博物館，巴斯，1994年，編號14，售於香港蘇富比2019年11月28-29日，編號724。 

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。 再比數例，遼寧虎頭溝紅山文化時期遺址及內蒙巴林右旗，圖見古方，《中國出土玉器全集》，北京，2005年，卷2，圖版26。