Eastern Zhou Dynasty
The expertly-hollowed cylinder carved around the exterior with five bands of raised concave ribs, the stone of pale yellow-white tone with dark-brown-russet patches. 5.5cm (2 1/4in) long.

Footnotes

東周黃玉弦紋管形飾

Provenance: C. T. Loo Chinese Art (Frank Caro), New York
Mrs Gret Hasler (1895-1971), Winterthur, Switzerland, acquired from the above on 12 April 1954, and thence by descent

Exhibited and Illustrated: C.T.Loo Inc., An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, New York, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, January - March 1950, pl.XXXVI, no.6.

A trip to New York, Chicago and Washington in 1937 was the starting point for Mrs Gret Hasler's interest in Chinese art. This she continued until the Second World War by acquiring objects from dealers in Paris, Sweden and New York.

來源：紐約古董商盧芹齋中國藝術（Frank Caro）
瑞士溫特圖爾Gret Hasler夫人（1895-1971）舊藏，於1954年4月12日購自上者，並由後人保存迄今

展覽著錄：盧芹齋，《An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades》，紐約，諾頓美術館，西棕櫚灘，佛羅里達，1950年1-3月，圖版XXXVI，編號6

Gret Hasler夫人對中國藝術的興趣始於1937年的紐約、芝加哥和華盛頓之行。此後，她持續自巴黎、瑞典和紐約的古董商處購藏藝術品，直至第二次世界大戰後。

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