Lot 166: FOUR ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE BELL-SHAPED PENDANTS Late Qing Dynasty

FOUR ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE BELL-SHAPED PENDANTS

Late Qing Dynasty

The large bell carved with a
chi dragon on one side, and a four-character archaic style inscription on the other, a pair of masks with crisscrossed rings at the shoulder, the center hollowed, the knop perforated for stringing, the stone mottled brown with natural inclusions; the flattened oblong pendant with curved bottom edge, pierced at the butt end, the sides carved with a incised
chi dragon; the small trapezoidal pendant pierced on the upper end and decorated with carved
chi dragon design, the stone stained brown in most areas; the small celadon bell of cylindrical body, perforated under the square knop for stringing. (4)


1 1/8in to 2 3/4in (2.9cm to 7cm) high

PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot.







Overall in good condition. Minor surface pitting and wear. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity.

清末 仿古鐘形玉石珮四件



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Yamanaka & Company, New York

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈

大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今



A small cylindrical bell-shaped pendant similar to the celadon jade pendant in the present lot, from the Bishop William C. White Collection and now in the Royal Ontario Museum, is illustrated on the museum's website, number 928.12.156, attributed as Qin-Yuan dynasty.

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