Lot 126 新石器時代及其後 玉獸面紋佩及珠一串 | A STRAND OF OVOID JADE BEADS AND A JADE BEAST-MASK PENDANT

新石器時代及其後 玉獸面紋佩及珠一串 | A STRAND OF OVOID JADE BEADS AND A JADE BEAST-MASK PENDANT

Neolithic Period and later

GBP 2,500

GBP 2500 - 3500

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Neolithic Period and later
Comprising a flat plaque carved in low relief to each side with a stylised mythical beast mask, detailed with rounded eyes, a ruyi-shaped nose and curling mane, 3.8cm (1 1/2in) wide; together with seventeen ovoid jade beads, the stones ranging in colour from pale green with russet inclusions to green and grey, the largest 1.5cm (5/8in) long.
Footnotes
新石器時代及其後 玉獸面紋佩及珠一串
Jade pendants decorated with animal-mask motifs were popular from the Neolithic period and continued to be produced in later periods. See eight jade pendants carved with animal-masks, late Hongshan Culture, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Select Jade in the Palace Museum: The Spirit of Jade, I (故宮玉器精選全集：玉之靈 I), Taipei, 2019, pp.302-309. See also a related jade ornament carved with a mythical beast mask, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, the Palace Museum, Taipei (acc.no.故玉004919N000000000).