A RARE CHINESE YELLOW JADE OX, LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1250 - 1046.
拍卖行： Leonard Joel
专场： 重要中国及亚洲艺术
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A RARE CHINESE YELLOW JADE OX, LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1250 - 1046. The thick yellow jade carved in the form of a recumbent ox with the features of the face and limbs delineated in grooved details, the yellow stone with areas of russet inclusions. Compare a greyish-white jade ox-shaped ornament of similar form, Shang dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (I), p.82, pl.69. See also a jade ox, late Shang dynasty, illustrated by Cai Qingliang, Jades of Shang Dynasty, Aurora Art Museum, Taipei, 2010, p.225, pl.181. Also see a green jade ox, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30/05/2017, lot 19. A smaller green-yellow jade tiger (4.3cm), dated from the same period, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30/11/2020, lot 2728. 源流： 台北私人收藏，於1980至1990年代入藏。 香港御雅居。 香港重要私人收藏。 5.4cm wide PROVENANCE: Taipei Private Collection, acquired in the 80s-90s. Joyce Gallery Hong Kong. An important private collection, Hong Kong.
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