11th Sep, 2025 11:00
The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers Part 1
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A CELADON JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
Published: Myrna Myers (ed.) & Filippo Salviati (auth.), Radiant Stones. Archaic Chinese Jades, Paris, 2000, no. 65.
China. Finely carved in the form of a bird shown in profile with a sharp beak and a curved fish-like tail, the wings neatly detailed with skillful incision work, the chest pierced with a minute aperture for suspension. The semi-translucent stone with large areas of calcification, now of an ivory-white color as with nuances of deep sage-green.
Provenance: Collection Armand Trampitsch, Paris, France. Ader Picard Tajan auction in Tokyo, Hôtel Okura, 30 May 1985, Lot 40. The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France, acquired from the above. Armand Trampitsch (1890-1970) was the son of Carinthian Slovene brewer and industrialist Anton Trampitsch (1860-1940), co-founder of France’s second-largest brewery, Brasserie Champigneulles in Nancy. He joined his father’s company in 1911 but later sold his share and moved to Paris, where he built a noted collection of archeological finds and works of art.
Condition: Very good condition with wear, signs of prolonged burial, traces of weathering, minuscule nibbling, a small old chip, the stone with natural inclusions.
Weight: 10 g
Dimensions: Length 9 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related jade plaque, described as a fish, 7.3 cm long, dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 24.51.7. Compare a closely related jade bird-form pendant, 6.5 cm long, dated late Shang to Western Zhou dynasty, 1500-1050 BC, in the British Museum, registration number 1947,0712.465.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s, 28 November 2018, lot 2740
Price: HKD 112,500 or approx. EUR 14,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A celadon jade ‘bird’ pendant, mid-Western Zhou dynasty, circa mid-10th-mid-9th century BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of carving with similar beak, eyes, and bifurcated fish tail. Note the size (5.7 cm) and that the incised lines are slightly more dense and rounded than on the present lot.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 21 December 2023, lot 5
Price: EUR 6,096 or approx. EUR 6,300 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An archaic pale celadon jade ‘bird’ pendant, Shang dynasty or Western Zhou dynasty, 11th-9th century BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of carving. Note the size (7.6 cm).
Published: Myrna Myers (ed.) & Filippo Salviati (auth.), Radiant Stones. Archaic Chinese Jades, Paris, 2000, no. 65.
China. Finely carved in the form of a bird shown in profile with a sharp beak and a curved fish-like tail, the wings neatly detailed with skillful incision work, the chest pierced with a minute aperture for suspension. The semi-translucent stone with large areas of calcification, now of an ivory-white color as with nuances of deep sage-green.
Provenance: Collection Armand Trampitsch, Paris, France. Ader Picard Tajan auction in Tokyo, Hôtel Okura, 30 May 1985, Lot 40. The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France, acquired from the above. Armand Trampitsch (1890-1970) was the son of Carinthian Slovene brewer and industrialist Anton Trampitsch (1860-1940), co-founder of France’s second-largest brewery, Brasserie Champigneulles in Nancy. He joined his father’s company in 1911 but later sold his share and moved to Paris, where he built a noted collection of archeological finds and works of art.
Condition: Very good condition with wear, signs of prolonged burial, traces of weathering, minuscule nibbling, a small old chip, the stone with natural inclusions.
Weight: 10 g
Dimensions: Length 9 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related jade plaque, described as a fish, 7.3 cm long, dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 24.51.7. Compare a closely related jade bird-form pendant, 6.5 cm long, dated late Shang to Western Zhou dynasty, 1500-1050 BC, in the British Museum, registration number 1947,0712.465.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s, 28 November 2018, lot 2740
Price: HKD 112,500 or approx. EUR 14,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A celadon jade ‘bird’ pendant, mid-Western Zhou dynasty, circa mid-10th-mid-9th century BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of carving with similar beak, eyes, and bifurcated fish tail. Note the size (5.7 cm) and that the incised lines are slightly more dense and rounded than on the present lot.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 21 December 2023, lot 5
Price: EUR 6,096 or approx. EUR 6,300 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An archaic pale celadon jade ‘bird’ pendant, Shang dynasty or Western Zhou dynasty, 11th-9th century BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of carving. Note the size (7.6 cm).
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