拍賣筆記 vol.124 佳士得紐約：商晚期至西周灰青玉雕蜘蛛珮及石雕龜，32760美元售出 - A Late Shang-Western Zhou Dynasty Pale Greenish-Grey Jade Spider Pendant And A Hardstone Carving Of A Turtle

競爭比較激烈，現場女士和電話競爭，32760美元（人民幣24萬元）售出。龜可愛，蜘蛛少見。

Ralph C. Marcove醫生珍藏，紐約

商晚期至西周 公元前十二世紀至八世紀 灰青玉雕蜘蛛珮及石雕龜

LATE SHANG-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-8TH CENTURY BC

成交價

美元 32,760

估價

美元 6,000 – 美元 8,000

The larger: 1 ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long

來源

石雕龜：

紐約佳士得，1990年11月29日，拍品編號1

兩件:

Ralph C. Marcove (1929-2001) 醫生珍藏，紐約，於1999年前入藏

Property from the Collection of Dr. Ralph C. Marcove, New York

A VERY RARE PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE SPIDER PENDANT AND A HARDSTONE CARVING OF A TURTLE

LATE SHANG-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-8TH CENTURY BC

Estimate

USD 6,000 – USD 8,000

A VERY RARE PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE SPIDER PENDANT AND A HARDSTONE CARVING OF A TURTLE

LATE SHANG-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-8TH CENTURY BC

The larger: 1 ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long

PROVENANCE

Turtle:

Christie's New York, 29 November 1990, lot 1.

Both:

Dr. Ralph C. Marcove (1929-2001) Collection, New York, before 1999.

Jade spider carvings of such an early date are exceptionally rare. In her article “Jade Spiders and Praying Mantises of the Western Zhou Period (1046 – 771 BCE): Reconstructing an Ancient Cultural Mindset,” Ars Orientalis, vol. 41, 2012, p. 168, Chan Lai Pik illustrates two spider-shaped carvings, figs. 2 (a three-dimensional, realistic sculpture) and 3 (a symmetrical silhouette), from a tomb dated circa 850-771 BC of a noble of the state of Guo at Sanmenxia, Henan province. According to Chan, “only six spider-related artifacts from the pre-Qin era (i.e. before 221 BCE) have been found in the world; these include the two carvings from Sanmenxia. The third is the willow-shaped bronze scabbard with the spider decoration in the Freer collection (fig. 4). The fourth is an undated bronze ornament in the Von der Heydt Museum, Vienna (fig. 5). The fifth is an Ordos plaque excavated in Siberia, dated circa 500 BCE-circa 300 BCE (fig. 6). The sixth is a jade plaque decorated with an incised symmetrical spider motif excavated from Jinsha archaeological site, dated circa 1100 BCE-circa 850 BCE (fig. 7).”