Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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An important and rare small spinach-green jade carving of an elephant
The elephant is well carved, of rich colour with some calcination. Standing with its trunk curled forward and two elegantly carved tusks. Its body decorated with double lined incised geometric motifs, characteristic of the Shang period, as well as the shape of the ears and eyes.
Height: 6.5cm
Style of: Late Shang (12th century BC) or Western Chou (11th – 9th century BC), age determination uncertain
Orientations, March 1990, pg.59. Orientations, November 1990, pg.64. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/sculptures-statues-figures/a-small-pale-greyish-green-and-russet-jade-5824133-details.aspx. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-very-rare-imperial-spinach-green-jade-figure-5720060-details.aspx
The elephant is well carved, of rich colour with some calcination. Standing with its trunk curled forward and two elegantly carved tusks. Its body decorated with double lined incised geometric motifs, characteristic of the Shang period, as well as the shape of the ears and eyes.
Height: 6.5cm
Style of: Late Shang (12th century BC) or Western Chou (11th – 9th century BC), age determination uncertain
Orientations, March 1990, pg.59. Orientations, November 1990, pg.64. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/sculptures-statues-figures/a-small-pale-greyish-green-and-russet-jade-5824133-details.aspx. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-very-rare-imperial-spinach-green-jade-figure-5720060-details.aspx