† A PALE CELADON JADE FRAGMENT OF A C-SHAPED ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE

LOT 280 · 已结束

起拍价 EUR1000.00

拍卖时间：2026-08-05 19:00

拍品描述

† A PALE CELADON JADE FRAGMENT OF A C-SHAPED ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE Expert authentication: Dr. Gu Fang has examined the present lot and confirms its authenticity and the dating above, noting the style of cutting, workmanship, thickness and quality of stone with decomposed areas indicating burial all suggest a 4700-2500 BC dating. He assessed it as a piece of notably good quality. A signed and notarized copy of Dr. Gu's expertise, dated 4 August 2022, accompanies this lot. Dr. Gu Fang (born 1962) is an internationally renowned scholar of Chinese art and a leading authority on jades. He graduated from the Department of Archaeology at the prestigious Beijing University in 1986 and later studied at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), where he now serves as a Senior Fellow specializing in archaeological excavations and Chinese jade research. A former visiting scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he has authored several books on Chinese jades, including the 15-volume The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China (2007), one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, as well as Chinese Jade: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China (2012). China, 4700-2500 BC. Boldly carved in the form of a dragon, with an arched body, elongated tear-shaped eyes, a snout-like nose, and an upwardly curved horn. The top of the head exquisitely incised with a lozenge pattern. The stone of a pale celadon tone with icy-white veining and cloudy inclusions. Dimensions: Length 9.1 cm Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20 May 2025, lot 3481 Price: HKD 101,600 or approx. EUR 11,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of carving, and color of the stone. Note the size (14.3 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Near identical Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 29 May 2024, lot 346 Price: HKD 23,040 or approx. EUR 2,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of carving, and color of the stone. Note the size (14 cm). 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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