Beschreibung:

China, 1300-772 BC or later. Neatly carved with archaic scroll and triangular designs as well as grooves to the underside to delineate the body. Pierced horizontally from both sides for suspension. The opaque stone of a rich turquoise tone, overall with greenish-brown patches and rivering. Provenance: Deaccession from the Dr. István Zelnik Southeast Asian Gold Museum in Budapest, Hungary. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Condition: Good condition with old wear, signs of weathering and erosion, remnants of soiling. Extensive wear around the piercings. Few small nicks. The stone with natural fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks over time. Weight: 14.9 g Dimensions: Length 3.9 cm Literature comparison: Compare a related turquoise bead depicting an owl, dated to the late Shang dynasty, c. 1300-1050 BC, in the collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in the Smithsonian Institute, accession number S1987.864. Auction result comparison: Compare a related turquoise bead depicting a turtle, with similar grooves delineating the body, dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, of slightly smaller size (2.9 cm long), at Sotheby’s London in Important Chinese Art on 4 November 2020, lot 142, sold for GBP 6,300. 商至西周綠松石蟬形珠 中國，公元前1300-772 年或更晚。對稱的仿古卷紋和三角形紋，底部有凹槽，身體部分輪廓清晰。水平兩側穿孔用以懸掛。色彩艷麗的不透明綠松石，帶有綠褐色斑和脈絡。 來源：原匈牙利布達佩斯István Zelnik博士 Southeast Asian Gold Museum收藏。比利時Institutional art collection 購於上述美術館。István Zelnik博士是匈牙利South and Southeast Asian Research Institute東南亞研究所主席，曾是匈牙利高級外交官，他在東南亞工作了幾十年，建立了歐洲最大的亞洲藝術品私人收藏。 品相：狀況良好，舊磨損，有風化和侵蝕的跡象。污漬，穿孔周圍有磨損痕跡。幾処小刻痕。帶有天然裂縫的石料，隨著時間的推移，其中一些已經發展成細小的裂縫。 重量：14.9 克 尺寸：長 3.9 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件相近的西周綠松石龜形珠，有類似底部凹槽，身體部分輪廓清晰，2.9 厘米長，見倫敦蘇富比Important Chinese Art 2020年11月4 日 lot 142, 售價GBP 6,300。