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A MOTTLED GREEN AND BROWN JADE ‘HORSE-HOOF’ ORNAMENT, HONGSHAN CULTURE
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A MOTTLED GREEN AND BROWN JADE ‘HORSE-HOOF’ ORNAMENT, HONGSHAN CULTURE
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

Published: Jean-Paul Desroches (ed.) et al, Two Americans in Paris. A Quest for Asian Art, Paris, 2016, p. 30, no. 18.

Exhibited:
1. Pointe-à-Callière Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Montréal, 17th November 2016-19th March 2017.
2. Kimbell Art Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Fort Worth, Texas, 4th March-19th August 2018.

China, ca. 3500-2000 BC. Of tubular form, with a central aperture drilled from both sides and the upper rim slanted back at a steep angle. The semi-translucent stone with varying hues of deep green with brown shading and russet inclusions. Two perforations to either side of the lower rim.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, traces of weathering and signs of prolonged burial, minuscule nibbling, few nicks, and natural fissures, some of which have developed into hairline cracks.

Weight: 356 g
Dimensions: Height 13.1 cm

Expert’s note: See the Hongshan period tomb excavated from Niuheliang on exhibit in the Prehistory Gallery of the Liaoning Museum. Excavated examples resembling the present lot are usually found behind the head of buried individuals, suggesting either a form of hair decoration or an implement to prevent the head of the deceased from touching the ground (see image section). See also Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth, “Jades of the Hongshan Culture: The Dragon and Fertility Cult Worship.” Arts Asiatiques 46 (1991): 82–95.

Also Filippo Salviati notes: another unique Hongshan jade shape is represented by elegant, hollowed cylindrical tubes often describes as ‘hoof-shaped’ ornaments for the distinctive outline of their upper edge. In the tombs, these ornaments are often, though not always, found positioned near or below the skull, suggesting that they might have been used as hair-ornaments. While generally referred to as headpieces, Jenny F. So has recently suggested that they may have been worn on the forearm to protect the arm and wrist (Jenny F. So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 2019, page 74). She cites an example worn on the forearm of the occupant of Site III at Niuheliang, and another recovered from the Bronze Age burial site at Dadianzi, in present-day inner Mongolia:

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related hair ornament, dated to 4700BC-2900 BC, in the British Museum, registration number 2022,3034.45. Compare a closely related hair ornament, dated to ca. 3800 - 2700 BC, in the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, accession number S1987.842:

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 15 December 2016, lot 23
Price: EUR 367,500 or approx. EUR 445,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: Rare Ornement en forme de sabot de cheval en jade Période Néolithique, Culture Hongshan, ca. 3500 avant J.-C.
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, color of the stone, and dating.

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