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 small jade reptile pendant, Shang dynasty | 商 玉鰐
Auction Closed
December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A small jade reptile pendant, Shang dynasty
商 玉鰐
of flattened form, simply but realistically carved from pale brown jade, with four well-defined limbs, a short tail and a rounded head, the head pierced with a large central hole
Length 4.1 cm, 1⅝ in.
R.H. Ellsworth, New York, 24th April 1985.
安思遠，紐約，1987 年4月24日
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 12:21.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》， 倫敦，1995年，圖版12:21