† A RARE PALE CELADON ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE

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† A RARE PALE CELADON ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE 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 suggesting a dating to the late Shang dynasty. He assessed it as a piece of notably good quality. A signed copy of Dr. Gu's expertise, dated 29 January 2021, 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, c. 1300-1050 BC. Finely carved, of flattened oval form, with a circular perforation at the center, to depict the body of the mythical creature, decorated in shallow relief with double-lined scrolling motifs, coiling upon itself and extending into a highly abstracted head, identifiable only by its incised eye and crescent-shaped crest. The superbly polished, translucent stone displays a pale celadon hue, with icy white inclusions and russet shadings. Dimensions: Length 6.4 cm Literature comparison: Compare a related jade pendant in the form of a coiled dragon, China, late Shang dynasty, c. 1300-1050 BC, 5 cm long, in the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art, accession number S2012.9.353. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 18 March 2009, lot 282 Price: USD 43,750 or approx. EUR 7,700 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related subject, analogous incised decoration, and manner of carving. Note the different color of the stone and slightly smaller size (4 cm). 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU. 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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