Thursday, 12 October, starting at 11 AM CET - Print Catalog Available On Request
Join Zacke for this noteworthy sale of 53 rare archaic masterpieces carved from jade (50), soapstone (1), and ritual bone (2), without exception sourced from renowned collectors, many of whom have long since passed away.
These old provenances include preeminent scholars of Chinese art such as Harry Geoffrey Beasley, Isabelle and Robert de Strycker, Sir Percival David, Idemitsu Sazo, Dr. Wou Kiuan, Henry Dyer, and Robert Rousset.
Two exceptional jades (1004 and 1033) from the David Taylor collection deserve special mention, as similar pieces from this provenance achieved record prices quite recently during Asia Week in New York. David Taylor, a Scottish businessman based in Belfast, was known for acquiring a notable group of Chinese jades on his extensive travels in East Asia during the early 20th century. The rather spectacular collection was kept in the family for nearly a century, well beyond David Taylor’s passing in 1952, and only surfaced at a local auction house in the United Kingdom in 2020.
We take great pride in presenting this extraordinary group of 53 ancient artworks, as showcased in our hardcover catalog, and cordially invite you to explore this one-of-a-kind opportunity.
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Lot 1001 - A PALE YELLOW JADE DOUBLE-HOLE ORNAMENT PLAQUE, HONGSHAN CULTURE 紅山文化雙孔青玉雙聯玉璧
Lot 1002 - A WHITE AND YELLOW JADE AX, FU, NEOLITHIC PERIOD 新石器時代玉斧
Lot 1003 - AN IMPORTANT AND RARE JADE ‘MASK’ PENDANT, HUANG, LIANGZHU CULTURE 良渚文化罕見神面玉璜
Lot 1004 - A PALE CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ ORNAMENT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周青白玉龍鳳紋柄形器
Lot 1006 - A PAIR OF C-SHAPED ‘DRAGON’ PENDANTS, ERLITOU PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTY 二里頭至商代一對C形龍玉佩
Lot 1007 - A SPINACH-GREEN JADE AXE BLADE, FU, NEOLITHIC PERIOD 新石器時代菠菜綠玉斧
Lot 1008 - AN ARCHAIC CEREMONIAL JADE BLADE, YUE, NEOLITHIC PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTY 新石器時代至商代玉鉞
Lot 1009 - A PAIR OF JADE BEAD ORNAMENTS WITH GODHEAD MASKS, SHENREN, LIANGZHU CULTURE 良渚文化一對神人獸面玉珠
Lot 1010 - A PAIR OF CYLINDRICAL ‘TAOTIE MASK’ JADE BEADS, SHANG DYNASTY 商代一對饕餮紋玉珠
Lot 1011 - A JADE TORTOISESHELL-FORM BEAD, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周龜殼形玉珠
Lot 1012 - A JADE ‘TAOTIE MASK’ ORNAMENT, ZHOU DYNASTY 周代饕餮紋玉飾
Lot 1013 - A RARE CARVED BONE FIGURE OF A TIGER, SHANG DYNASTY 商代罕見臥虎形骨觿
Lot 1014 - AN ARCHAIC CEREMONIAL BONE CARVING, SHANG DYNASTY 商代骨雕祭祀用器
Lot 1015 - A JADE ‘SILKWORM’ PENDANT, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTY 新石器時代末期至商代玉蠶佩飾
Lot 1016 - A PALE CELADON ‘FISH’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 商末至西周初年青白玉魚形佩飾
Lot 1017 - A DEEP CELADON JADE ‘FISH’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 商末至西周青玉魚形佩
Lot 1018 - A GREEN JADE ‘FISH’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 商末至西周魚形玉佩
Lot 1019 - A DARK GREEN JADE ‘FISH’ PENDANT, SHANG DYNASTY 商代墨綠色魚形玉飾
Lot 1020 - A JADE ‘FISH’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 商末至西周魚形玉飾
Lot 1021 - A YELLOW JADE ‘FISH’ PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周魚形玉佩
Lot 1022 - A JADE ‘DEER’ PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周玉鹿佩飾
Lot 1023 - A YELLOW JADE ‘TIGER’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 商末至西周虎形玉飾
Lot 1024 - AN EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF JADE ‘GEESE’ PENDANTS, SHANG DYNASTY 商代一對罕見玉鵝佩飾
Lot 1025 - A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG DYNASTY 商末青白玉帶皮鳥形佩
Lot 1026 - A JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 商末至西周鳥形玉飾
Lot 1028 - A JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANT, SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 商至西周鳥形玉飾
Lot 1029 - A JADE ‘RABBIT’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 商末至西周玉兔佩飾
Lot 1030 - A JADE ‘RABBIT’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 商末至西周玉兔佩飾
Lot 1031 - A JADE ‘ELEPHANT’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE 商末安陽時期玉象佩飾
Lot 1032 - A PALE YELLOW JADE 'TIGER' PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周青玉虎形佩
Lot 1033 - AN EXTREMELY RARE YELLOW JADE ‘KNEELING FIGURE’, SHANG DYNASTY 商代罕見黃玉人俑
Lot 1034 - A JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, HUANG, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周龍紋玉璜
Lot 1035 - A JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, HUANG, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周龍紋玉璜
Lot 1036 - A JADE ‘DRAGON’ BI DISK, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周龍紋玉璧
Lot 1037 - A PALE CELADON JADE ‘BIRD’ CIRCULAR PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周青白玉鳥紋配飾
Lot 1038 - A JADE RING, HUAN, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 東周玉環
Lot 1039 - A WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON’ CYLINDRICAL BEAD, LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD 春秋晚期雲紋玉勒子
Lot 1040 - A GREEN JADE ‘DRAGON’ SILHOUETTE PENDANT, MID-EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 東周中期龍形玉佩
Lot 1041 - A CELADON AND BROWN JADE BI DISK, EASTERN ZHOU TO WARRING STATES PERIOD 東周至戰國青玉穀紋璧
Lot 1043 - A SMALL JADE ‘DRAGON HEAD’ PENDANT, WARRING STATES PERIOD 戰國時期龍首玉飾
Lot 1044 - A JADE ‘DRAGON’ MINIATURE PENDANT, WARRING STATES PERIOD 戰國龍形玉佩
Lot 1046 - A SUPERB CELADON AND BROWN JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY 西漢青玉龍紋佩
Lot 1047 - A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A PIG, HAN DYNASTY 漢代白玉豬
Lot 1048 - A RARE SOAPSTONE ‘TAOTIE’ CEREMONIAL BLADE, HAN DYNASTY 漢代皂石饕餮紋刀片
Lot 1049 - A PALE CELADON JADE SWORD POMMEL, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY 西漢青白玉劍首
Lot 1050 - A CELADON AND BROWN JADE BI DISK, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY 西漢青玉穀紋璧
Lot 1051 - A JADE ‘MUSICIAN’ BELT PLAQUE, TANG DYNASTY 唐代樂俑紋玉帶牌
Lot 1052 - AN ARCHAISTIC YELLOW JADE ‘DRAGON AND PHEONIX’ PENDANT, SONG TO MING DYNASTY 宋至明黃玉龍鳳紋佩
Lot 1053 - A GRAY JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTY 明末清初灰玉龍紋珮