12th Oct, 2023 11:00
Chinese Archaic Jades from Old Collections / 舊藏中國古玉
1005
A PALE GREEN JADE ‘PIG-DRAGON’, ZHULONG, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE
新石器時代紅山文化青白玉豬龍
€1,500
€3,000
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China, c. 4000-3000 BC. Of iconic form with a coiled body and superbly rendered head, subtly detailed with round eyes, a wrinkled snout, and flared nostrils, the neck pierced with an aperture for suspension. The partly translucent, smoothly polished stone of a pale green color with russet patches, cloudy inclusions, and dark veins.
Provenance: From an old private collection in Budapest, Hungary, acquired during the first half of the 20th century.
Condition: Good condition with expected old wear, traces of use, natural erosion, and minuscule nibbling here and there.
Weight: 86 g
Dimensions: Diameter 6.2 cm
Please click here to read the full description
Considered to represent the prototype of depictions of mythological dragons in later Chinese art, Zhulong are some of the most interesting creations of the Hongshan culture, and evidence the existence of a complex belief system in supernatural forces. Jade Zhulong have been recovered at various tomb sites in Northern China, often placed on the chest of the tomb occupants, suggesting they were worn as chest ornaments.
Literature comparison:
For other examples of pig-dragons carved in a similar style with a single aperture, compare with a dark green jade example, 16.6 cm high, unearthed from Yangcheng, Bairin Right Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, now in the Bairin Right Banner Museum, illustrated ibid., p. 105, no. 9; a celadon one, 15 cm high, in the Liaoning Provincial Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics, illustrated in Hongshan wenhua yuqi jianshang, Beijing, 2014, p. 94, no. 1; and a third example, 13 cm high, from the Irving Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1180.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 10 June 2021, lot 83
Price: EUR 327,100 or approx. EUR 363,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An important celadon and russet jade ‘pig-dragon’, Zhulong, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture
Expert remark: Note the size of this Zhulong (8.5 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 10 June 2021, lot 79
Price: EUR 50,400 or approx. EUR 56,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare and subtly carved celadon jade ‘pig-dragon’, Zhulong, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture
Expert remark: Compare the size (6 cm).
点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)
新石器時代紅山文化青白玉豬龍
中國，西元前 4000-3000 年。描繪的是一條盤踞的 "豬龍"，切口代表動物的嘴，而切口上方的雕刻線條則顯示了豬的鼻子，圓鼓鼓的眼睛被一個大的凹槽突出並包圍著，背面有一個穿孔，作為懸掛孔。半透明的玉料，拋光良好，呈淡青色，有少量斑駁的白色絮狀物。
來源：匈牙利布達佩斯私人舊藏，購於上世紀上半葉。
品相：品相良好，有磨損和使用痕跡、自然侵蝕，到處都是微小的嗑損。
重量：86 克
尺寸：直徑 6.2 釐米
豬龍是中國藝術中龍的原型，它是紅山文化中最有趣的創作之一，顯示了對超自然力量的複雜信仰體系的存在。中國北方多處墓葬出土玉豬龍，多置於墓主胸前，推測為胸飾。
文獻比較：
類似風格的單孔豬龍玉件，與內蒙古自治區巴林右旗陽城出土的深綠色玉石，高16.6厘米，現藏白林右旗博物館相比， 插圖同上，頁105，編號9； 一件青玉，高15厘米，遼寧省考古文物研究所藏，圖見《紅山文化玉器鑑賞》，北京，2014年，頁94，編號1。第三件玉器高 13 厘米，來自歐文收藏，於 2019 年 3 月 21 日在紐約佳士得拍賣行售出，lot 1180。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：巴黎蘇富比，2021年6月10日，lot 83
價格：EUR 327,100（相當於今日EUR 363,000）
描述：新石器時代紅山文化青白玉豬龍
專家評論：請注意豬龍的尺寸 (8.5厘米)。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：巴黎蘇富比， 2021年6月10日, lot 79
價格：EUR 50,400（相當於今日EUR 56,000）
描述：新石器時代紅山文化青白玉豬龍
專家評論：比較尺寸(6厘米)。
China, c. 4000-3000 BC. Of iconic form with a coiled body and superbly rendered head, subtly detailed with round eyes, a wrinkled snout, and flared nostrils, the neck pierced with an aperture for suspension. The partly translucent, smoothly polished stone of a pale green color with russet patches, cloudy inclusions, and dark veins.
Provenance: From an old private collection in Budapest, Hungary, acquired during the first half of the 20th century.
Condition: Good condition with expected old wear, traces of use, natural erosion, and minuscule nibbling here and there.
Weight: 86 g
Dimensions: Diameter 6.2 cm
Please click here to read the full description
Considered to represent the prototype of depictions of mythological dragons in later Chinese art, Zhulong are some of the most interesting creations of the Hongshan culture, and evidence the existence of a complex belief system in supernatural forces. Jade Zhulong have been recovered at various tomb sites in Northern China, often placed on the chest of the tomb occupants, suggesting they were worn as chest ornaments.
Literature comparison:
For other examples of pig-dragons carved in a similar style with a single aperture, compare with a dark green jade example, 16.6 cm high, unearthed from Yangcheng, Bairin Right Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, now in the Bairin Right Banner Museum, illustrated ibid., p. 105, no. 9; a celadon one, 15 cm high, in the Liaoning Provincial Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics, illustrated in Hongshan wenhua yuqi jianshang, Beijing, 2014, p. 94, no. 1; and a third example, 13 cm high, from the Irving Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1180.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 10 June 2021, lot 83
Price: EUR 327,100 or approx. EUR 363,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An important celadon and russet jade ‘pig-dragon’, Zhulong, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture
Expert remark: Note the size of this Zhulong (8.5 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 10 June 2021, lot 79
Price: EUR 50,400 or approx. EUR 56,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare and subtly carved celadon jade ‘pig-dragon’, Zhulong, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture
Expert remark: Compare the size (6 cm).
点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)
新石器時代紅山文化青白玉豬龍
中國，西元前 4000-3000 年。描繪的是一條盤踞的 "豬龍"，切口代表動物的嘴，而切口上方的雕刻線條則顯示了豬的鼻子，圓鼓鼓的眼睛被一個大的凹槽突出並包圍著，背面有一個穿孔，作為懸掛孔。半透明的玉料，拋光良好，呈淡青色，有少量斑駁的白色絮狀物。
來源：匈牙利布達佩斯私人舊藏，購於上世紀上半葉。
品相：品相良好，有磨損和使用痕跡、自然侵蝕，到處都是微小的嗑損。
重量：86 克
尺寸：直徑 6.2 釐米
豬龍是中國藝術中龍的原型，它是紅山文化中最有趣的創作之一，顯示了對超自然力量的複雜信仰體系的存在。中國北方多處墓葬出土玉豬龍，多置於墓主胸前，推測為胸飾。
文獻比較：
類似風格的單孔豬龍玉件，與內蒙古自治區巴林右旗陽城出土的深綠色玉石，高16.6厘米，現藏白林右旗博物館相比， 插圖同上，頁105，編號9； 一件青玉，高15厘米，遼寧省考古文物研究所藏，圖見《紅山文化玉器鑑賞》，北京，2014年，頁94，編號1。第三件玉器高 13 厘米，來自歐文收藏，於 2019 年 3 月 21 日在紐約佳士得拍賣行售出，lot 1180。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：巴黎蘇富比，2021年6月10日，lot 83
價格：EUR 327,100（相當於今日EUR 363,000）
描述：新石器時代紅山文化青白玉豬龍
專家評論：請注意豬龍的尺寸 (8.5厘米)。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：巴黎蘇富比， 2021年6月10日, lot 79
價格：EUR 50,400（相當於今日EUR 56,000）
描述：新石器時代紅山文化青白玉豬龍
專家評論：比較尺寸(6厘米)。
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Auction: Chinese Archaic Jades from Old Collections / 舊藏中國古玉, 12th Oct, 2023
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.
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