Note: This large eared animal head resembles another zhulong pendant from the Peony collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th November 2019, lot 728.

Lot 81. Property from the Personal Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France. A celadon jade bird-form pendant, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture  (4700–2900 BC). Length 4.4  cm. Lot Sold 10,160 EUR (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Acquired in Hong-Kong, 27th October 1995.

Literature: Jean-Paul Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, 2016, Paris, no. 23.

Exhibited: From the Land of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière Museum, Montréal, 17th November 2016 - 19th March 2017.
From the Land of Asia, Kimbell Art Museum, Texas, 4th March – 19th August 2018.

Lot 82. Property from the Personal Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France. A yellowish-celadon jade cloud-shaped pendant, Neolithic period, probably Hongshan culture  (4700–2900 BC). Length 9.3 cm. Lot Sold 6,985 EUR (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Acquired in Hong-Kong, 28th February 1997.

Lot 83. Property from the Personal Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France. A celadon and black jade 'pupa' pendant, Neolithic period, probably Hongshan culture  (4700–2900 BC). Length 4.5 cm. Lot Sold 9,525 EUR (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Literature: Jean-Paul Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, 2016, Paris, no. 22.

Lot 84. Property from the Personal Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France. A celadon jade triangular ornament, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture, circa 3500 - 3000 BC. Width 6.6 cm. Lot Sold 5,080 EUR (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Literature: Fillippo Salviati, The Language of Adorment: Chinese Ornaments of Jade, Crystal, Amber and Glass, 2004, Paris, no. 1.
Jean-Paul Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, 2016, Paris, no. 75.

Exhibited: From the Land of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière Museum, Montréal, 17th November 2016 - 19th March 2017.
From the Land of Asia, Kimbell Art Museum, Texas, 4th March – 19th August 2018.

Lot 79. Property from the Personal Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France. Two jade cong-form beads, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture (3400–2250 BC). Length of the longest 7.5 cm. Lot Sold 12,065 EUR (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Acquired in Louvain, 25th September 1979.

Lot 95. Property from from a Swedish Family Collection. Two 'animal mask' jade pendants or hairpins, Probably Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture (3400–2250 BC). Length 13 and 12.5 cm. Lot Sold 21,590 EUR (Estimate 3,000 - 4,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Acquired by the father of the present owner in Hong Kong ca. 1989, and thence by family descent.

Lot 89. Property from the Personal Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France. A brown jade notched disc, Late Neolithic period. Diameter 8 cm. Lot Sold 8,890 EUR (Estimate 8,000 - 10,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Literature: Jean-Paul Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, 2016, Paris, no. 77.

Exhibited: From the Land of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière Museum, Montréal, 17th November 2016 - 19th March 2017.
From the Land of Asia, Kimbell Art Museum, Texas, 4th March – 19th August 2018.

Sotheby's. Asian Arts / 5000 Years, Paris, 21 December 2023