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AN ARCHAIC WHITE JADE 'HUMANOID' PENDANT, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天1小时
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Expert authentication: Dr. Gu Fang has examined the present lot and confirms its authenticity and the dating above, noting that the style of cutting, workmanship, thickness and quality of stone with decomposed areas indicating burial all suggest a dating to ca. 4700-2500 BC. He assessed it as a piece of notably good quality. A copy of Dr. Gu's signed and notarized expertise, dated 1 August 2022, accompanies this lot. Dr. Gu Fang (born 1962) is an internationally renowned scholar of Chinese art and a leading authority on jades. He graduated from the Department of Archaeology at the prestigious Beijing University in 1986 and later studied at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), where he now serves as a Senior Fellow specializing in archaeological excavations and Chinese jade research. A former visiting scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he has authored several books on Chinese jades, including the 15-volume The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China (2007), one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, as well as Chinese Jade: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China (2012).China, 4700-2500 BC. Finely carved in the round as a humanoid figure with the legs slightly bent and the arms drawn to the chest, the oval face displaying almond-shaped eyes above a wide mouth and nose, flanked by prominent scalloped ears. The back of the neck pierced horizontally for suspension. The partially translucent stone is of a pale beige hue with brown specks and areas of cream-white calcification to the back.Provenance: From a private collection in New York. The back with two labels, inscribed '85878' and '16517'. Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age, with minor surface wear. Expected traces of weathering and erosion. Natural inclusions and fissures to the stone.Weight: 110 g Dimensions: Height 8.3 cmThe Hongshan culture, from which this jade pendant comes, remained unknown until the 1980s. Centered in northeastern China, it is known for large ceremonial structures built with rocks, graves lined with stone slabs, and distinctively shaped jades that were often the sole goods found in tombs. The present lot belongs to a distinct group of three-dimensional humanoid figures, a few of which have been recorded during the 20th century, all from ancient collections assembled well before systematic excavations made the culture more widely known and appreciated.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related Hongshan humanoid jade figure with similar facial features, exhibited in the Niuheliang Site Museum, Chaoyang, Liaoning province, August 2024. Compare a closely related white stone figure of a goddess, dated late Xinglongwa culture to early Hongshan culture, 4.4 cm tall, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, reference number 購玉000399N000000000.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2707Price: HKD 7,900,000 or approx. EUR 1,002,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A jade kneeling figure, late Hongshan culture, circa 3500-3000 BCExpert remark: Compare the closely related manner of carving and subject. Note the size (6.3 cm).13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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