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A JADE ‘RABBIT’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A JADE ‘RABBIT’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

China, 11th-10th century BC. The thick flattened plaque finely carved as a rabbit depicted crouching with its feet tucked underneath, slightly protruding rounded eyes beneath curved ears, and a short tail. The translucent stone with a good polish and of a white tone with russet-tinged creamy patches of calcification and dark specks. Small hole above the front paws for suspension.

Provenance: Collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) and thence by descent to his widow Irene Beasley. Collection of Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964), acquired from the above c. 1939 and thence by descent in the same family. Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) was a British anthropologist and museum curator who developed an important ethnographic collection during the early 20th century that is now held in various British museums. With his wife Irene, Beasley set up the Cranmore Ethnographical Museum which eventually held more than 6,000 objects of ethnographical interest. The Beasleys collected objects from across Europe, buying from auction houses and local museums to expand the collection, which contained material from the Pacific, Asia, Africa, and Northwestern America. Beasley wrote numerous articles for anthropological journals and was considered an expert in his field. He died in 1939 and his collection was stored with the British Museum collections during the war, which was fortunate, as the Cranmore Museum was destroyed by bombing. After the war, substantial portions of the collection were passed to the British Museum, the Royal Museum in Edinburgh, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the University of Cambridge, the Pitt Rivers Museum, and the Merseyside County Museum. Other pieces, such as the present lot, were sold by his widow and, after her death in 1974, by their daughters. Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964) was a contributor to the Cranmore Museum and became good friends with Harry Beasley. Shortly after Harry Beasley’s death, he acquired a number of objects from Irene Beasley, including the present lot.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Significant old wear as expected. Small chips, some of which have smoothened over time. The stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks over time.

Weight: 10.5 g
Dimensions: Length 4.9 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related jade rabbit, dated Shang to Western Zhou dynasty, 1100-800 BC, 4.5 cm long, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 1962.427. Compare a closely related jade pendant of a rabbit, late Shang dynasty to Western Zhou dynasty, 3.5 cm, in the Smithsonian Museum, accession number S2012.9.852. Compare two closely related rabbit-form pendants, dated to the late Shang dynasty, excavated from tomb no. 2 at Jingjiecun, Lingshi, Shanxi Province, in the Shangxi Provincial Institute of Archeology, and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 3, Beijing, 2005, p. 62-63.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 22 March 2022, lot 36
Price: USD 27,720 or approx. EUR 27,500 converted at the time of writing
Description: A small, pale green jade hare-form pendant, Early Western Zhou dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related flat form, crouching pose, and simplistic carving style. Note the smaller size (2.5 cm) and different color of the jade.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 840
Price: HKD 94,500 or approx. EUR 11,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An archaic jade 'hare' plaque, Shang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related form, pose, and manner of carving. Note the size (5.9 cm) and different color of the jade.

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