J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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A WHITE JADE PEACOCK PLAQUE
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
of slightly tapered tixingpai (梯形牌) form, very finely carved on both sides with a mythic crested bird with hooked beak shown in profile surrounded by a long stylized tail showing the ‘eye’ pattern of a peacock’s feathers and curled into a wide spiral, with narrow perforated flanges along two edges for stringing, the jade of even cream white tone with smooth polished surface, traces of earth and cinnabar remaining in the incised lines.
Height 2 3⁄8 inches (5.9 cm)
Width 2 1⁄4 inches (5.7 cm)
Provenance
J.T. Tai & Co., New York
C.T. Loo & Co., New York
Collection of D. David-Weill (1871-1952), Paris, No. DW35/46
Exhibited
Arts de la Chine Ancienne, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, 1937
Published
Salles, Georges. Arts de la Chine Ancienne, Paris, 1937, no. 115
Salmony, Alfred. Carved Jade of Ancient China, London, 1938, pl. XXV, no. 7
An early Western Zhou jade plaque of very similar form carved with closely related crested bird motifs in the Hotung Collection, now on display in the British Museum, is illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 49, fig. 37a, b.
西周 孔雀紋玉牌 高 5.9 厘米 寬 5.7 厘米
出處 戴潤齋舊藏、大衛威爾舊藏、盧芹齋舊藏
展覽紀錄
Arts de la Chine Ancienne, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, 1937
出版紀錄
Salles, Georges. Arts de la Chine Ancienne, Paris, 1937, no. 115
Salmony, Alfred. Carved Jade of Ancient China, London, 1938, pl. XXV, no. 7
