AN ATTRACTIVE SMALL DISC ORNAMENT EMBELLISHED WITH OPENWORK PHOENIXES ON TOP Katalognummer: JAK0318-023 Jade China Eastern Zhou, 5th - 4th century BC 鳳紋小玉璧 -東周，公元前5世紀至4世紀 HEIGHT 6.1 CM – WIDTH 3.85 CM 高 6.1 厘米 -寬 3.85 厘米 Despite its reduced size, this lovely ornament has a rich, fully detailed and well-executed decoration. It is carved in the shape of a small disc surmounted by an openwork loop formed by two erect phoenixes that stand back to back on the border. The two sides of the disc are decorated with two pairs of confronting dragon heads and fat c-scrolls, while the plain areas between the motifs have been filled with incised checkerboard patterns. The two scroll-like embellishments that protrude from equidistant points at the bottom create a symmetrical balance with the openwork loop. Flat and polished, this light green jade has almost completely lost its translucency due to heavy weathering. There are only a couple of very small areas where the original colour and quality of the jade can be seen. The closest comparable example is a pendant of similar shape, dimensions and type of jade, but whose suspension loop is formed by the bodies of intertwining dragons, published in the auction catalogue Galerie Zacke, Archaic and Antique Chinese Jades, 2 December 2017, no.42. Startpreis 起始價: € 2.200 Schätzpreis 估計/估算: € 4.400 Expertise: Prof. Filippo Salviati From an Austrian collection All jades in this catalogue have been professionally examined, authenticated and described by Prof. Filippo Salviati. Professor Salviati teaches Chinese and Korean art at Sapienza University in Rome, in the Italian Institute of Oriental Studies. He is a world expert on archaic Chinese jades, having released multiple publications and being cited by renowned auction houses such as Sotheby’s. The microscopic images made available here, show that the weathering of the jade has occurred over a long period of time. Furthermore in the magnification one can reconstruct the workings of the jade. The two aforementioned criteria are exactly what counts in the authentication of archaic jades – the difficult and elaborate workmanship by hand and the subsequent weathering of the jade over centuries. The microscopic enlargements show how the patterns were ground out in many small steps, sometimes over months, and that the weathering actually occurs above the carvings, meaning it occurred after the jade was completed.
AN ATTRACTIVE SMALL DISC ORNAMENT EMBELLISHED WITH OPENWORK PHOENIXES ON TOP Katalognummer: JAK0318-023 Jade China Eastern Zhou, 5th - 4th century BC 鳳紋小玉璧 -東周，公元前5世紀至4世紀 HEIGHT 6.1 CM – WIDTH 3.85 CM 高 6.1 厘米 -寬 3.85 厘米 Despite its reduced size, this lovely ornament has a rich, fully detailed and well-executed decoration. It is carved in the shape of a small disc surmounted by an openwork loop formed by two erect phoenixes that stand back to back on the border. The two sides of the disc are decorated with two pairs of confronting dragon heads and fat c-scrolls, while the plain areas between the motifs have been filled with incised checkerboard patterns. The two scroll-like embellishments that protrude from equidistant points at the bottom create a symmetrical balance with the openwork loop. Flat and polished, this light green jade has almost completely lost its translucency due to heavy weathering. There are only a couple of very small areas where the original colour and quality of the jade can be seen. The closest comparable example is a pendant of similar shape, dimensions and type of jade, but whose suspension loop is formed by the bodies of intertwining dragons, published in the auction catalogue Galerie Zacke, Archaic and Antique Chinese Jades, 2 December 2017, no.42. Startpreis 起始價: € 2.200 Schätzpreis 估計/估算: € 4.400 Expertise: Prof. Filippo Salviati From an Austrian collection All jades in this catalogue have been professionally examined, authenticated and described by Prof. Filippo Salviati. Professor Salviati teaches Chinese and Korean art at Sapienza University in Rome, in the Italian Institute of Oriental Studies. He is a world expert on archaic Chinese jades, having released multiple publications and being cited by renowned auction houses such as Sotheby’s. The microscopic images made available here, show that the weathering of the jade has occurred over a long period of time. Furthermore in the magnification one can reconstruct the workings of the jade. The two aforementioned criteria are exactly what counts in the authentication of archaic jades – the difficult and elaborate workmanship by hand and the subsequent weathering of the jade over centuries. The microscopic enlargements show how the patterns were ground out in many small steps, sometimes over months, and that the weathering actually occurs above the carvings, meaning it occurred after the jade was completed.
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