† A RARE BRIGHT GREEN JADE ‘EAGLE HEAD’ SCEPTER FINIAL, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE

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† A RARE BRIGHT GREEN JADE ‘EAGLE HEAD’ SCEPTER FINIAL, 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 23 March 2023, 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. Finely carved, the flattened shaft gently tapering toward a pointed, beveled blade and surmounted by the stylized head of an eagle. Marked by a prominent hooked beak, a wrinkled brow, a circular drilled aperture to depict the eyes of the animal, and pronounced rounded crests, the head of the animal set above a subtly carved ridge encircling its base. The semi-translucent stone of varying shades of green on both sides, with moss-green shadings and patches as well as cloudy white inclusions. Dimensions: Length 12.9 cm Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2710 Price: HKD 275,000 or approx. EUR 33,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related form and stylized manner of carving of the bird’s beak and incised ridge around the neck. Note the larger size (17.5 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19 September 2023, lot 235 Price: HKD 57,150 or approx. EUR 6,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related form and stylized manner of carving of the bird’s head. Note the larger size (20.2 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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