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A SET OF TWELVE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ORNAMENTS, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
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09月11日 下午5点 开拍
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A SET OF TWELVE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ORNAMENTS, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

China, 7th-3rd century BC. Each of flattened form and finely carved in relief with a dense composition of C-and-S-scrolls interspersed with neatly hatched designs and stylized bird heads, all enclosed within plain bands. The translucent stone of a white tone with russet inclusions and patches of ivory-white calcification.

Comprising a bi (disk); two pairs of huang (arched pendants), the larger decorated with confronting birds; four rectangular pendants, one with notched edges; a sword pommel; and a pair of trapezoidal plaques. Each ornament (including the bi and pommel) is pierced with small apertures, likely for attachment to a garment.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Very good condition with wear and natural imperfections. The edges with minuscule losses and minor nibbling. Signs of prolonged burial and traces of weathering with associated small losses.

Weight: 215 g (total excl. box)
Dimensions: 7.7 cm (large huang) – 4.7 cm (trapezoidal pendant) – 4.9 cm (small huang)

With a fitted padded silk box. (13)

Jade pendant sets discovered in Chinese royal tombs are remarkable examples of ancient ritual and decorative practice. These sets often included multiple components—bi disks, huang arc pendants, beads, and other ornaments—carefully arranged on the body or garments of the deceased. Strung together with silk cords (now decayed), they were designed not only as ornaments but also as protective talismans and symbols of status, rank, and cosmic harmony. The configuration of the pendants mirrored ritual cosmology, with round shapes symbolizing heaven and arc-shaped forms evoking the earth, reflecting beliefs in balance between the celestial and terrestrial realms. Their discovery in elite burials underscores jade’s enduring significance as a material associated with purity, immortality, and spiritual power in ancient China. For examples, see the pectoral found in the Western Han tomb of Zhao Mo, illustrated by Peter Y. K. Lam (ed.), Jades from the Tomb of the King of Nanyue, Guangzhou, 1991, pl. 52, and a set of pendants dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, excavated from the Necropolis of State Guo, Sanmenxia, Henan Province, exhibited in the Jade Gallery of the Henan Provincial Museum.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 2747
Price: HKD 1,000,000 or approx. EUR 117,000 (for fifteen) converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A group of jade ornaments and jade ring, late Spring and Autumn period, circa 570-476 BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related manner of carving with similar C- and S-scrolls. Note the size of the largest jade (10 cm).

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