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国内拍卖首页 > Galerie Zacke > 亚洲艺术集珍 - 第一天 > Lot 0121
A GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'HUMAN AND BIRD' CEREMONIAL BLADE, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
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A GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'HUMAN AND BIRD' CEREMONIAL BLADE, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYExpert authentication: Sam Myers has examined the present lot in 2017 and confirmed its authenticity and the dating above. He appraised it at a value of USD 65,000 (or approx. EUR 72,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). A copy of the valuation from Myrna Myers Arts d'Extrême Orient, Paris, written and signed by Sam Myers, dated 5 May 2017, accompanies this lot. Sam Myers is a scholar and expert of Chinese jades and works of art with over 50 years of experience. In 1976, his wife Myrna Myers opened a gallery in Paris specializing in Asian art, and together the couple built an extraordinary art collection, including one of the world's most distinguished jade collections, published in numerous catalogs and seen around the world in a number of important museum exhibitions.Expert's note: Blades with carved decoration, such as the thread relief seen on the present lot, are exceptionally rare. The vast majority of comparable implements from the Neolithic through the Bronze Age feature plain surfaces, sometimes with one or more drilled holes, and only infrequently show incision work that is usually minimal in extent.China, 1100-771 BC. Finely carved, the rectangular blade with a slightly flaring edge elegantly rising to the beveled cutting edge and a drilled circular aperture at the top. Both sides are neatly worked in line-relief to depict a human head whose body merges with that of a coiling dragon. The translucent stone is of a yellowish-green tone with cloudy inclusions, russet veins, and brown patches along the edges.Provenance: Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, United States, by 2008. Collection of Lord Anthony Jacobs, London, United Kingdom, acquired from the above. Collection of Marla M. Kosec, London, United Kingdom, acquired from the above. Lord Anthony Jacobs (1931-2014) was a distinguished British businessman, politician, and philanthropist best known for his leadership of enterprises such as BSM driving schools and the Spudulike restaurant chain. From 1999 to 2002 he sat on the House of Lords Works of Art Committee, reflecting his deep engagement with the arts while building a notable collection over his lifetime. Marla M. Kosec (born 1956) is an American medical professional entrepreneur, philanthropist, and devoted collector whose life has been shaped by decades of travel, service to others, and enduring friendships formed in China, Indonesia, and England. Over 18 years, she assembled a deeply personal collection of Buddhist art and Chinese jades, which she views not as possessions but as living companions.Condition: Good condition with expected wear, signs of prolonged burial, traces of weathering, minor nibbling, small losses, the stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairlines.Weight: 460 gDimensions: Size 26.5 x 9.7 cmAfter the defeat of the Shang and during the initial part of the Western Zhou dynasty, there are no significant changes in the history of jade, and very few items, often copies or actual samples of Shang carvings, have come to light from the excavated tombs. It is only by the middle Western Zhou, around the 10th century BC, that significant innovations in the techniques of carving, the adoption of new motifs, and new styles are seen in jades. The impulse for this new tradition came from the 'rediscovery' of Neolithic jades and their artistic vocabulary as well as from contacts with the semi-nomadic people who lived to the north and west of the central plains.The present jade exemplifies this emerging new style, which can be related to the jades unearthed from the tombs of the lords of the Jin state, in power during the initial years of the Western Zhou period, and excavated at Tianma Qucun, in Shanxi province. The plaque displays a combination of motifs unseen in the previous periods, with the coiled dragon in the center certainly inspired by similar Hongshan jades, while the human heads probably derived, as noted by Filippo Salviatti, from anthropomorphic carvings of the Shijiahe culture. See Jean-Paul Desroches (ed.) et al, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Paris, 2016, p. 54.Literature comparison: Compare a related green jade handle with a bird, China, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th-9th century BC, 13.2 cm long, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number S1987.847. Compare a related white jade handle-shaped blade with a bird resting atop the head of a humanoid figure with similarly carved facial features, China, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th-9th century BC, 26.1 cm long, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1985.214.96.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 23 September 2022, lot 823Price: USD 47,880 or approx. EUR 45,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A very rare and finely carved white jade tablet pendant, Mid- to Western Zhou dynasty, 10th-9th century BCExpert remark: Compare the related form with similar hafting hole and beveled edge, manner of carving with similar linework, and human and beast motifs. Note the much smaller size (13 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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