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A CELADON AND BROWN JADE 'DRAGON AND BIRD' PENDANT, SHANG DYNASTY
奥地利
2025年10月16日 开拍
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China, c. 1600-1046 BC. Finely carved as a bird and dragon locked in combat, shown in profile. The eyes and mouth neatly detailed in thread relief, their bodies with scroll and lozenge designs. The dragon's tail is pierced with a single aperture. The translucent stone of a celadon tone with russet-brown shadings and areas of creamy calcification.Provenance: From the collection of David Taylor (1876-1958), passed down through the Taylor family to his descendants. David Taylor (1876-1958), a prominent British businessman based in Belfast, owned several commercial properties and a substantial portfolio of stocks and shares. During his travels to East Asia in the early 20th century, he acquired numerous jades, including the present lot. His grandfather, Sir David Taylor (1815-1904), was born in Perth, Scotland, and relocated to Belfast in 1842, where he served as mayor in 1867, and again in 1883 and 1884. Condition: Good condition with expected wear, traces of weathering and signs of prolonged burial, minuscule nibbling, old smoothened losses, the stone with natural fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks.Weight: 40 g Dimensions: Length 10.1 cmIn the late Shang period, personal ornamentation regained prominence, as seen in the hundreds of jade, bone, and adornments uncovered in the tomb of Fu Hao at Anyang. Many of these were shaped as animals, both real, like birds, and mythical, such as dragons. While archaeological records often lack precise information on how such pendants were worn, it is plausible they were assembled into necklaces, pectorals, or suspended from the waist. A notable example comes from Tomb M2 at the site of Liulihe (Fangshan, Beijing, 10th century BC), where the head of the deceased was encircled by hundreds of small beads, shells, and jade pendants in the form of blades and animals, including birds, fish, dragons, and rabbits. Pendants that combine both a bird and a dragon, as seen in the present lot, are particularly rare.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related jade plaque depicting the same subject, dated to the Shang dynasty, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number S1987.518. Compare a related jade pendant in the form of two addorsed birds, dated to the Shang dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2020, lot 2717 Price: HKD 625,000 or approx. EUR 75,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A dark celadon jade parrot form pendant, Shang dynasty, c. 1600-1046 BC Expert remark: Compare the related form, manner of carving, and stone.

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