A Pale Greenish-White Jade Huang

LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC

Details

A Pale Greenish-White Jade Huang
Late Eastern Zhou dynasty, 5th-4th century BC
Finely carved allover in relief on both sides with small comma spirals within a narrow canted border cut with notches, the translucent stone of pale yellowish-green tone with a few small areas of opaque alteration at the edges, with attractive high polish, pierced for suspension
5 1/2in. (14cm.) long, box and stand
Falk Collection no. 503.

Provenance

C.T. Loo, New York, January 1942.

Literature

Exhibition of Chinese Art, C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 1942, no. 283.

Exhibited

Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Palo Alto, California, Stanford University Museum, 1958, no. 169.
Chinese Jade throughout the ages, London, Oriental Ceramic Society, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1975, no. 107.
Selections of Chinese Art from Private Collections, New York, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1986, no. 14.

Lot Essay

Compare the very similar huang in the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung illustrated by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 267, no. 17:6, where the author mentions the Falk huang as being almost identical, and also makes note of two similar huang in the British Museum, illustrated with a bead, p. 267, fig. l. For a depiction of how huang of this type might have been worn, see fig. 1, p. 263, where a line drawing of lacquer-painted figures from the Chu tomb at Henan Xinyang, 4th century BC, shows huang hung from pendent beaded cords down the front of the body.

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