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A RARE PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF AN OWL, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
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06月30日 下午5点 开拍 /9天4小时
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? A RARE PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF AN OWL, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 1100-771 BC. Finely carved as a mythical owl standing on its two legs with the wings tucked in, its head well detailed with oblong eyes and a pair of curled horns, all finely executed with double-line grooves, pierced for suspension through the tail, beak, and chest.Provenance: The collection of David Taylor, Belfast, North Ireland, passed down through the Taylor family to his descendants. The private collection of Jules Speelman, London, acquired from the above via the English trade. David Taylor (1876-1958) was a prominent British businessman based in Belfast who owned several commercial properties and a substantial portfolio of stocks and shares. During his travels to East Asia in the early 20th century, he acquired numerous jades, including the present lot. His grandfather, Sir David Taylor (1815-1904), was born in Perth, Scotland, and relocated to Belfast in 1842, where he served as mayor in 1867, and again in 1883 and 1884. Jules Speelman is a world-leading dealer and collector of East Asian art with 60 years of experience. In 1964 he joined his late father, Alfred, in the family business which already stretched back three generations to 19th century Holland and expanded into England around the turn of the century. Originally, A & J Speelman dealt with antiques, from European ceramics, silver, tapestries, and furniture to Chinese porcelain, and works of art. With his father, Jules gradually shifted the focus towards Asia and under Jules Speelman's skilled direction, A & J Speelman is now considered amongst the foremost dealers in Asian antiques, with a particular emphasis on figurative sculpture and works of art from the past 2000 years.Condition: Very good condition with expected wear, signs of prolonged burial, minuscule nibbling, the stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into fine hairlines.Weight: 64.6 g Dimensions: Length 5 cmOwls occupy a distinctive place in the visual and spiritual language of early Chinese civilization, appearing prominently in the arts of the late Shang and continuing into the Western Zhou period, when inherited ritual imagery was reinterpreted within a new ancestral and cosmological order. Revered since the Neolithic era—as evidenced by some of the earliest known jade carvings of birds of prey—the owl's nocturnal vision, acute hearing, and formidable hunting ability endowed it with potent symbolic associations. Its haunting cry and elusive nature aligned closely with concepts of liminality, ritual power, and communication with the spirit world that informed early Chinese belief systems.While owl imagery reached its greatest intensity under the Shang, the Western Zhou aristocracy continued to value and preserve many Shang-derived ritual motifs, particularly those connected to ancestral legitimacy and sacred authority. In this context, the owl retained its apotropaic and numinous character, though increasingly within the Zhou framework of dynastic continuity, Heaven's mandate, and regulated ancestral worship.Scholars have long associated the owl with the mythical black bird (xuanniao), from which the Shang ruling house was believed to descend. Alternatively, Sun Xinzhou has proposed that the legendary ancestor Di Jun—also identified with Di Ku or Shun—may be understood as an owl deity associated with agricultural protection (Sun Xinzhou, 'Chixiao chongbai huaxia lishi wenming' [On the strigidae worship and historical civilization in China], Journal of Tianjin Normal University (Social Sciences), no. 5, 2004, pp. 31-37). Such interpretations underscore the enduring ritual and mythological resonance of owl imagery across the Shang-Zhou transition.Important jade owl carvings were excavated from the celebrated Tomb of Fu Hao at Anyang, Henan province, and published in Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu, Beijing, 1980, pl. 137, nos. 1-3, together with a related horned bird, pl. 134, no. 3. A related jade owl was also included in the exhibition Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1996, cat. no. 17. Compare also two marble owls excavated from the Shang royal cemetery at Xibeigang, north of the Huan River, one illustrated in Archaeology in China, vol. 2, Shang China, Cambridge, 1960, pl. Xa.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related jade pendant in the shape of an owl, 7.8 cm long, dated Western Zhou, excavated from the tomb Beiyao, Luoyang, Henan, and now in the Luoyang Museum, illustrated by Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 5, no. 121.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 April 2019, lot 3416 Price: HKD 350,000 or approx. EUR 43,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A celadon and russet jade figure of an owl, Shang dynasty Expert remark: Compare the related manner of carving, stone, and subject. Note the size (3.5 cm) and earlier date.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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