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A Turquoise matrix figural Owl pendant Shang Dynasty or later image 1
A Turquoise matrix figural Owl pendant Shang Dynasty or later image 2
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
Lot 8

A Turquoise matrix figural Owl pendant
Shang Dynasty or later

15 March 2021, 10:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$24,062.50 inc. premium

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A Turquoise matrix figural Owl pendant

Shang Dynasty or later
Carved in the round to depict a standing owl, the body neatly delineated with ridged scrolls forming the wings and feathers, the upward-looking head with hooked beak and large ears, pierced vertically through the center for suspension.
1 1/2in (4cm) high

Footnotes

商或更晚 綠松石鴞形珮

For a larger Shang dynasty carving of an owl carved in the round but surmounted by a high comb, see Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum) Jadeware I, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 73, no. 63. For another green jade owl dating to the Shang dynasty with similar ridged scrolls to the body, see Christie's, Hong Kong, Chinese Archaic Jades from The Yangdetang Collection, Part II, 28 November 2018, lot 2720.

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