AN OPENWORK ARCHAISTIC JADE HUANG PENDANT
Late Qing Dynasty
Finely carved on both sides, the pair of confronting dragon-fish leaping to pursue the flaming pearl, flanking a qing chime decorated with scroll patterns in relief, a chi dragon in flight at either end, the stone mottled in various tones of brown.
4 3/16in (10.6cm) wide
Footnotes:
清末 仿古玲瓏璜形玉磬

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Provenance:
Yamanaka & Company, New York
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 18 December 1911
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911-present

來源：
紐約山中商會
Samuel T. Peters 贈，1911 年 12 月 18 日
大都會藝術博物館，1911 年迄今

Compare the closely related jade qing plaque with reticulated dragons and phoenixes, illustrated by Knight, Li and Tse Bartholomew, Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2007, p. 227, no. 249, described as late Qing dynasty or early Republic.

A stone qing chime of closely related ruyi ends in the Brundage Collection, also illustrated by Knight, Li and Tse Bartholomew, op. cit., p. 189, no. 197, noted by the author that in the mid- to late-19th century, the 'qing motif separated from its ritual function and became a decorative symbol.

The word qing 磬 is a homophone of 慶, to celebrate, while the dragon and fish symbolize prosperity.
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤
¤ Without reserve

PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot.



In good condition. Minor surface pitting and wear. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity.