SONG DYNASTY

细节

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE BIRD FINIAL
SONG DYNASTY
The finial carved as a bird looking ahead with beak slightly inclined to the left, the breast incised with feathers, the wings held close to the body and incised with archaistic scrolls, the tail outstretched, the underside drilled with two overlapping circles for attachment to a staff, the stone predominantly of celadon tone with russset areas
4in. (10cm.) long, box

来源

Christie's Hong Kong, 30 October 1995, lot 844.

出版

Wu Hung, 'Tradition and Innovation, Ancient Chinese Jades in the Gerald Godfrey Collection', fig. 5

展览

Pacific Asia Museum, 1986, Catalogue, no. 34
San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
The Dayton Art Institute, 1989, no. 137

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍场告示

This lot was originally purchased from Spink & Son, London

拍品专文

This Song dynasty dove-shaped staff finial follows the Han dynasty tradition as a symbol awarded to men who have reached the age of 70, who were subsequently treated with greater respect. Fan Yeh explains in History of the Later Han Dynasty that doves were chosen as an emblem because of their ability to digest anything without difficulty and this implied that the recipient would perform likewise. The Han versions are most often found in silvered-bronze, an example was included in the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Special Exhibition of Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 1990, Catalogue, no. 82. It is likely that a corruption of the Han text led to the character for 'King' being interpretd as 'Jade' in the Song period and hence to the creation of the jade dove staff finials. A jade example from the collection of Wu Dacheng is illustrated in Gems of Chinese Art from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, no. 49 and again with another example in D'Argence, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, pl. XXIV. Watt illustrates another example in Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Catalogue, no. 79.