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A FINE AND LARGE WHITE JADE 'TIGER' PENDANT, SHANG DYNASTY
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03月12日 晚上6点 开拍
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China, c. 1600-1050 BC. Finely carved in the form of a crouching tiger in profile, its body with legs tucked beneath, decorated with delicately incised double-line grooves, extending into a curled tail and a powerful head with gaping mouth, both pierced for suspension. The opaque stone of an attractive whitish tone, accented with dark speckles and cloudy inclusions.Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age, with minor wear and inherent natural imperfections, such as inclusions and fissures, some of which have developed into small hairlines. Light traces of weathering and erosion. Few minute nicks, shallow surface scratches, and occasional minuscule chips. The stone surface with small areas of soil encrustation.Weight: 80.8 gDimensions: Length 11.1 cmThe tiger, called 'hu' or 'laohu' in Chinese, is among the most recognizable charismatic megafauna worldwide. Originating in China and northern Central Asia, the tiger was known to the earliest Chinese, who likely feared, admired, and respected it for its strength, ferocity, and regal bearing. Although precise symbolism during the Shang period (c. 1600-1046 BC) remains unknown, the tiger certainly fulfilled a totemic, tutelary, and talismanic function. By the Western Han period (206 BC-9 AD), roughly a millennium after the production of this pendant, the tiger was regarded as the 'king of the hundred beasts' (baishou zhi wang), due to its power and ferocity, as well as distinctive forehead markings that commonly resemble the character 'wang', meaning 'king'. In addition, not only did the tiger figure among the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, but it gained a place among the auspicious animals that symbolize the four cardinal directions: the White Tiger, or 'baihu', of the west, the Azure Dragon of the east, the Vermilion Bird of the south, and the Black Tortoise of the north.Jade tigers of this type appear to be directly derived from contemporary depictions of tigers on bronzes produced in southern China. Jessica Rawson has addressed this formal and iconographic correspondence in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, 1995, p. 206, where she illustrates a line drawing of a bronze tiger and a jade exemplar from the tomb of Lady Fu Hao, consort of King Wu Ding (r. 1324-1265 BC). Further closely related examples of tiger carvings are attested in the reference book Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu in Anyang, 1980, pl. 135.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2020, lot 2727Price: HKD 437,500 or approx. EUR 52,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A jade carving of a tiger, Shang dynasty, c. 1600-1046 BCExpert remark: Compare the closely related recumbent pose of the animal, with analogous manner of carving and incised double-lined decoration. Note the much smaller size (8.3 cm).Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 April 2019, lot 3443Price: HKD 350,000 or approx. EUR 43,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A celadon and russet jade figure of a beast, Shang dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related recumbent pose of the animal, with analogous manner of carving and incised double-lined decoration. Note the slightly similar size (10.3 cm).

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