6 août 2017

Faceted huan, China, Warring States Period (approx. 480-221 BCE). Nephrite. Diam. 3 1/4 in x D. 1/8 in, Diam. 8.3 cm x D. .32 cm. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J823 © 2017 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. While the majority of Warring States jades are decorated with a relatively set repertoire of surface patterns, there is a small group which is undecorated. This huan is an example. For obvious reasons, this group is difficult to date. However, a number of the type come from... [Lire la suite]

Bird-shaped hairpin, China, Warring States Period (approx. 480-221 BCE). Nephrite. H. 1 1/2 in x W. 1 5/8 in x D. 1/16 in, H. 3.8 cm x W. 4.1 cm x D. .16 cm. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J815 © 2017 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. This phoenix-like bird has a U-shaped contour. The gentle slope of the neck arches naturally downwards, and the body widens at the abdomen. The tail curves back up, almost at a vertical, and splits off into three sections. The outermost segment has been broken... [Lire la suite]

Bird-shaped fitting, China, Warring States Period (approx. 480-221 BCE). Nephrite. L. 1 1/8 in x W. 1 in. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J807 © 2017 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. The majority of jades from the late Spring and Autumn period and early Warring States period are some form of personal adornment. Many are parts of the elaborate pendants which were the fashion of the time, while others were hairpins (#40), and, at a slightly later date, elements of belthooks. During the... [Lire la suite]

Coiled dragon, China, Warring States Period (approx. 480-221 BCE), Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). Jade. L. 2 1/2 in x W. 2 1/16 in, L. 5.2 cm x W. 6.4 cm. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J773 © 2017 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture.

Circular ornament (huan), China, Warring States Period (approx. 480-221 BCE). Nephrite. T. 3/16 in x Diam. 2 1/4 in. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J760 © 2017 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. Examples of the traditional repertoire of ritual objects of the Neolithic period, such as bi and cong, are very rare in excavated materials from the Shang dynasty to the beginning of the Warring Sates period. Changes in ritual and burial practice, and new attitudes toward the material... [Lire la suite]

Oval plaque ornament, China, Warring States Period (approx. 480-221 BCE). Nephrite. W. 1 1/2 in x L. 2 5/8 in, W. 3.8 cm x L. 6.7 cm. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J755 © 2017 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. This elegant oval plaque is very similar in both shape and decoration to an example found at a late Spring and Autumn period tomb at Taiyuan, Shanxi province. Pieces of similar shape have also been found in Anhui province and in the tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng. The major... [Lire la suite]

Ornament in the shape of a dragon, China, Warring States Period (approx. 480-221 BCE), Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-255 BCE). Nephrite, Jincun. H. 1 in x W. 4 3/4 in D. 1/8 in, H. 2.54 cm x W. 12.07 cm x D. .32 cm. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J680 © 2017 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. Exhibition History: "Gems of Chinese Art: From the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection", Hong Kong Museum of Art, 5/17/1983-8/7/1983."Sacred Mountains in Chinese Art",... [Lire la suite]

Pendant in a shape of dragon, China, Warring States Period (approx. 480-221 BCE); Nephrite. H. 3 in x W. 5 7/16 in x D. 3/16 in, H. 7.62 cm x W. 13.8 cm x D.48 cm. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J675 © 2017 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture.

A green glaze bucket, Warring States period (475-221 BC), high 10.3cm, diameter 16cm, foot 12.5cm. National Palace Museum, Beijing. A green glaze water ripple cover tripod, Warring States period, high 19cm, caliber 19cm, foot 17cm. National Palace Museum, Beijing. A carved vertical striped globular jar, Warring States period, high 14cm, caliber 8.8cm, foot diameter 12.2cm. National Palace Museum, Beijing. A green yellow glaze pouring vessel, Warring States period, high 17.7cm, caliber 7cm. National Palace... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1529. A rare bronze tuning key, qin zhen yao, Warring States Period, 3rd century BC, 2 5/8 in. (6.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 15,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Cast at the top with a seated mythical beast grasping in its front claws two snakes which encircle the faceted shaft, with allover milky green patina, wood stand. Provenance: Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) Collection, England.Wolfgang Burchard, London, prior to 1982.Christie's, London, 17... [Lire la suite]