HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
A jade trapezoidal plaque and a jade kneeling humanoid figure, Shang/Western Zhou dynasty | 商或西周 玉飾一對
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December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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A jade trapezoidal plaque and a jade kneeling humanoid figure, Shang/Western Zhou dynasty
商或西周 玉飾一對
one trapezoidal plaque carved with a taotie mask on one side, the reverse plain, with a biconical hole in the centre, the other carving depicting a humanoid figure, the reverse plain, pierced behind the head and through the knee
Length of larger 7.3 cm, 2⅞ in.
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C.T. Loo, Inc., New York.
Collection of Frederick M. Mayer (until 1974).
Christie's London, 25th June 1974, lots 180 and 181.
Christie's New York, 24th March 2004, Lot 98.
盧芹齋（1880-1957）收藏，紐約
Frederick M. Mayer（1974年卒）收藏
倫敦佳士得1974年6月25日，編號181及180
紐約佳士得2004年3月24日，編號98
Humanoid pendant:
Alfred Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, New York, 1963, pl. XII:1.
Na Zhiliang, Yuqi cidian [Dictionary of Chinese Jade], Taipei, 1982, pl. 2819.
Alfred Salmony，《Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty》，紐約，1963年，圖版XII，編號1
那志良，《玉器通釋（下冊）》，臺北，1970年，圖版17，編號B