Lot 128: SEVEN SMALL ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE CARVINGS Late Qing Dynasty

SEVEN SMALL ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE CARVINGS

Late Qing Dynasty

The axe-form pendant of rounded triangular form and bulging convex on the wide sides, the tip perforated, the cutting edge curved and beveled on both sides, the mottled green stone stained black in areas; the short
cong of square sides and circular mouth rims, the celadon stone stained black in areas; the
bi disc with pitted surface degraded to a cream color; the slender
cong decorated with four rows of double panels incised with strips and circles, divided by a band at the waist, finished on each end with a short circular neck and a band of three ridges, the gray stone stained black in areas; the cylindrical bead carved with two
chi dragons over reduced ground within line borders, the stone stained black; two small 'dragon head' pendants each of crescent shape and drilled through the mouth for stringing, the green stone stained brown in areas. (7)


Axe: 2 5/8in (6.7cm) long;
Short cong: 1 3/4in (4.4cm) square;
Bi disc: 2in (5cm) diam;
Slender cong: 2 3/8in (6cm) long;
Cylindrical bead: 1 5/16in (3.3cm) long;
'Dragon head' pendants: 1 1/4in (3.2cm) long each

清末 仿古玉石飾 斧 琮 壁 勒子 觹 共七件



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




Provenance:

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1916

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916-present




來源：

Samuel T. Peters 1916 年贈

大都會藝術博物館，1916 年迄今



The slender jade
cong in the present lot compares closely to the jade
cong from the George Eumorfopoulos Collection, donated to the British Museum in 1938 and illustrated on the museum's website, registration number 1938.0524.191, attributed to Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century.

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