Jing Wen
Cataloguer
Lot 3
TRÈS RARE PENDENTIF EN JADE VERT EN FORME DE CHOUETTE Fin de la dynastie Shang/début de la dynastie des Zhou occidentaux (ca XIIe-IXe siècle avant J.-C)
25 – 27 October 2022, 10:30 CEST
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €15,300 inc. premium
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TRÈS RARE PENDENTIF EN JADE VERT EN FORME DE CHOUETTE
Fin de la dynastie Shang/début de la dynastie des Zhou occidentaux (ca XIIe-IXe siècle avant J.-C)
A VERY RARE GREEN JADE OWL-SHAPED PENDANT
Late Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty (circa 12th-9th century BC)
Of flattened form, modelled with the head upright and wings tucked against the body, incised to define the details, the yellowish green stone with creamy inclusions to the lower body, some red pigmentation remaining to the incised detailing, a small drill hole to the beak for suspending. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) long x 2.5cm (1in) wide.
A VERY RARE GREEN JADE OWL-SHAPED PENDANT
Late Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty (circa 12th-9th century BC)
Of flattened form, modelled with the head upright and wings tucked against the body, incised to define the details, the yellowish green stone with creamy inclusions to the lower body, some red pigmentation remaining to the incised detailing, a small drill hole to the beak for suspending. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) long x 2.5cm (1in) wide.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
See a related jade bird pendant dated Shang or Western Zhou dynasty, in the Grenville L. Winthrop collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, illustrated by M.Loehr, Ancient Chinese Jades, Cambridge, 1975, p.116, no.130. Compare with a closely related greyish-white jade owl-form pendant, late Shang/early Western Zhou dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 13 September 2019, lot 812.
商晚期/西周早期 玉鴞
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1935年前入藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
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