WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH CENTURY BC

Details

AN OPAQUE BUFF AND GREYISH-GREEN JADE HUANG
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH CENTURY BC
3 5⁄8 in. (9.3 cm.) wide, box

Provenance

B. K. Wong, Hong Kong, 21 May 1987
The Dongxi Studio Collection

Literature

Nicole De Bisscop, Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Brussels, 1995, p. 47, no. 16

Exhibited

Kredietbank Gallery, Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Brussels, 25 October - 17 December 1995; Kredietbank Luxembourg, 1 February - 13 April 1996, no. 16

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Lot Essay

The shape and decoration of this huang are similar to one of smaller size (7.2 cm.) dated Spring and Autumn period, from the tomb of Minister Zhao of State of Jin, Jinshengcun, Taiyuan, Shanxi province, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 3, Beijing, 2005, p. 177 (fig. 1). Compare, also, the similarly decorated example (8.6 cm.) from Yanshan, Wuxian Jiangsu province, illustrated ibid., vol. 7, p. 58. Another similar huang (11.5 cm.) in the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 132, no. 110 (fig. 2).

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