Lot 2766
2766
A RARE JADE ‘ANIMAL MASK’ ORNAMENT SUSPENDING A HOOKED TONGUE
A RARE JADE ‘ANIMAL MASK’ ORNAMENT SUSPENDING A HOOKED TONGUE
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A RARE JADE ‘ANIMAL MASK’ ORNAMENT SUSPENDING A HOOKED TONGUE

WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

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A RARE JADE ‘ANIMAL MASK’ ORNAMENT SUSPENDING A HOOKED TONGUE
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The animal mask-form hook is finely carved with a pair of incurving horns and strong slanting cuts powerfully rendering the deep circular eyes and details of the face. It is attached to the bottom opening with a movable hook.
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1993
Literature
Ancient Jade from the Yangde Tang Collection, Taipei, 1993, front cover
Exhibited
Chang Foundation, Ancient Jade from the Yangde Tang Collection, Taipei, 27 January-25 April 1993, Catalogue, front cover

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Lot Essay

A number of jade belt hooks from the Warring States period are carved with similar animal mask motifs like the present ornament. Compare for example to the National Palace Museum example (acquisition no. guyu 4133/lv-1847-17-31), illustrated in Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth- Chinese Jades through the Ages, Taipei, 2012, pl. 5-5-25. Another Warring States belt hook carved with a more abstract mask was excavated in Qufu, Shandong, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji -3- Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, Shijiazhuang, 1993, pl. 206. Compare also to a jade animal mask pendant, dating to the Warring States period, in the Tianjin Art Museum Collection, ibid., pl. 303.

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