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Property from the Collection of Dr. Ralph C. Marcove, New York
A GROUP OF NINE JADE AND STONE ORNAMENTS
NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 3RD MILLENNIUM-5TH CENTURY BC
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A GROUP OF NINE JADE AND STONE ORNAMENTS
NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 3RD MILLENNIUM-5TH CENTURY BC
The group comprises an ivory-colored jade bead, Liangzhu culture, circa 2500 BC; a beige jade silkworm pupae bead, late Shang-early Western Zhou dynasty, 12th-10th century BC; a mottled jade coiled dragon pendant, Western Zhou dynasty, 11th-8th century BC; three beige jade spacer plaques, late Western Zhou dynasty, late 9th-early 8th century BC; a taupe stone curved dragon pendant, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 6th-5th century BC; a grey jade arc-shaped plaque, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 6th-5th century BC; and a pale greenish-grey jade bi disc, 6th-5th century BC. Together with an archaistic pale greenish-grey jade reticulated dragon plaque, Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
The largest: 3 7⁄16 in. (8.8 cm.) wide
NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 3RD MILLENNIUM-5TH CENTURY BC
The group comprises an ivory-colored jade bead, Liangzhu culture, circa 2500 BC; a beige jade silkworm pupae bead, late Shang-early Western Zhou dynasty, 12th-10th century BC; a mottled jade coiled dragon pendant, Western Zhou dynasty, 11th-8th century BC; three beige jade spacer plaques, late Western Zhou dynasty, late 9th-early 8th century BC; a taupe stone curved dragon pendant, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 6th-5th century BC; a grey jade arc-shaped plaque, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 6th-5th century BC; and a pale greenish-grey jade bi disc, 6th-5th century BC. Together with an archaistic pale greenish-grey jade reticulated dragon plaque, Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
The largest: 3 7⁄16 in. (8.8 cm.) wide
Provenance
Bi disc:
Christian Humann (d. 1981), Pan Asian Collection.
An Important Group of Archaic Jades from the Pan Asian Collection; Christie’s New York, 23-28 June 1982, lot 381.
Spacer plaques:
Christie’s NewYork, 4 June 1992, lot 173 (part).
Silkworm pupae:
Christie’s NewYork, 4 June 1992, lot 173 (part).
All:
Dr. Ralph C. Marcove (1929-2001) Collection, New York, before 1999.
Christian Humann (d. 1981), Pan Asian Collection.
An Important Group of Archaic Jades from the Pan Asian Collection; Christie’s New York, 23-28 June 1982, lot 381.
Spacer plaques:
Christie’s NewYork, 4 June 1992, lot 173 (part).
Silkworm pupae:
Christie’s NewYork, 4 June 1992, lot 173 (part).
All:
Dr. Ralph C. Marcove (1929-2001) Collection, New York, before 1999.
Exhibited
Coiled dragon pendant: Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Chinese Relics from the Collection of Dr. Ralph Marcove, 3 March-12 April 1981, no. 4.
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