Lot 5. Property from a European Private Collection. An archaic pale celadon jade ‘bird’ pendant, Shang dynasty or Western Zhou dynasty, 11th - 9th century BC. Length 7.6 cm. Lot Sold 6,096 EUR (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Andrew Kahane Ltd., New York, 6th January 1993.

Note: Compare a closely related bird pendant from the collection of the British Museum, attributed to Western Zhou period (11^th – 10 century BC.), illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995. pl. 12:29 (middle), p. 227; one in the collection of the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo, illustrated in Chugoku Kodai no Bijutsu [Ancient Chinese arts in the Idemitsu collection], Tokyo, 1978, cat. no. 103 (top middle row); a related example, in a slightly slimer form, illustrated in Deng Shuping, Qunyu biecang / Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl.28, p. 106.

Lot 78. Property from the Personal Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France. A jade 'water buffalo' pendant, Late Shang dynasty - Western Zhou dynasty. Length 5.7 cm. Lot Sold 10,160 EUR (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Literature: Fillippo Salviati, The Language of Adorment: Chinese Ornaments of Jade, Crystal, Amber and Glass, 2004, Paris, no. 15.
Jean-Paul Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, 2016, Paris, no. 106.

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 78. Property from the Personal Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France. A small jade notched axe (Fu), Late Shang dynasty - early Western Zhou dynasty, 11th - 10th century BC. Length 5.2 cm. Lot Sold 6,985 EUR (Estimate 3,000 - 4,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Literature: Fillippo Salviati, The Language of Adorment: Chinese Ornaments of Jade, Crystal, Amber and Glass, 2004, Paris, no. 64.