A CELADON JADE 'CROUCHING TIGER' PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, c. 1100-771 BC. Thinly carved as a flattened tiger with large eyes, and an upswept hook-shaped tail as it crouches down ready to leap at its prey. The semitranslucent stone of a celadon tone with cloudy white inclusions and creamy beige shadings. Pierced with a small aperture, drilled from both sides, to the tiger's arched back.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Condition: Old repairs to tail, some signs of erosion, minor wear and nibbling, otherwise in excellent condition commensurate with age.Weight: 27.3 gDimensions: Length 10.8 cmAuction result comparison: Compare with a related jade tiger pendant at Sotheby's Hong Kong in The Robert Youngman Collection of Chinese Jade II on 3 April 2019, lot 3435, sold for HKD 93,750, and another at Christie's Hong Kong in The Chang Wie-Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades – Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties on 30 November 2020, lot 2768, sold for HKD 275,000.西周青玉虎形飾中國,公元前約1100-771 年。細雕成扁平的老虎,大眼睛,尾巴彎曲,隨時準備猛撲獵物的樣子。 青色半透明玉石,帶有白色絮狀內含物。 老虎背部一個鑽孔。 來源:奧地利私人收藏 品相:尾巴処舊時小修,一些腐蝕跡象,輕微磨損和磕損,狀況會與年齡相稱。 重量:27.3 克 尺寸:長10.8 厘米 拍賣結果比較:一件相近虎形配飾見香港蘇富比The Robert Youngman Collection of Chinese Jade II 拍場2019年4月3日 lot 3435, 售價HKD 93,750, ;另一件見香港佳士得The Chang Wie-Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades – Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties 拍場2020年11月30日lot 2768, 售價HKD 275,000.