石家河文化至夏代 白玉神人像
SHIJIAHE CULTURE - XIA DYNASTY, CIRCA 2500-1600 BC
估價
港元 800,000 – 港元 1,500,000
1300萬港元落槌
1610.5萬港元成交
石家河文化至夏代 白玉神人像
3 5⁄8 in. (8.6 cm.) long
來源
雲中居，台北，1994年12月15日
出版
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，頁117，圖版43號
展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年
本器玉質白皙，溫潤清透。全器琢作彎弧形，一端雕一側面神人像，戴冠，披長髮，杏眼、蹶嘴、嘴角下彎，耳戴耳琢。長髮後側有鏤空裝飾。頸下為光素的彎弧，尖端為三叉形，近中段部分鑚一圓穿孔。神人的帽頂上與彎弧邊，各有一圓凹。
本器形制特殊，全器為弧形，神人以側面的方式呈現，極其罕見。殷墟婦好墓曾發現一件石家河文化的玉鳳，為其他少數呈側身弧狀的石家河玉器。該件鳳鳥的透雕冠飾與此神人所戴者近乎相同，見《玉神：石家河文化特展》，北京，2024年，頁109（圖一）。正面造型的石家河文化神人玉雕可參考湖南省文物考古研究所藏一件，見前揭書頁7，及養德堂舊藏一件石家河文化青玉獠牙神面牌飾，2017年11月29日於香港佳士得《養德堂珍藏中國古玉器》拍賣，拍品2722號（圖二）。另比較石家河文化中的玉人頭像，其多為圓柱形，人頭戴平冠，無耳飾，造型相對簡潔，如天門市博物館藏一件，見前揭書頁37，以及雲中居舊藏黃玉一例，2019年11月27日於香港佳士得，《雲中玉筵 ─ 重要亞洲私人古玉珍藏 : 新石器時代篇》拍賣，拍品2752號（圖三）。
AN EXTREMELY RARE WHITE JADE 'ANCESTRAL-MASK' CARVING
SHIJIAHE CULTURE - XIA DYNASTY, CIRCA 2500-1600 BC
3 5⁄8 in. (8.6 cm.) long
PROVENANCE
Chang Wei-Hwa, Taipei, 15 December 1994
LITERATURE
Teng Shu-p'ing, 1999 Collectors' Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, p. 117, no. 43
EXHIBITED
The National Palace Museum, 1999 Collectors' Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999
Lot Essay
The present carving is unique. Although a few other jade carvings from the Shijiahe culture feature ancestral masks, most of them are shown frontally, and none exhibit the same crescent-shaped profile head as the current carving. The carving style of the present carving closely resembles a crescent-shaped jade phoenix shown in profile from the Shijiahe culture, which was found in the tomb of Fuhao. This carving also shares a nearly identical openwork headdress to that worn by the present figure. For more details, see the catalogue of Mythological Jade of Shijiahe Culture Special Exhibition, Beijing, 2024, p. 109 (fig. 1). For Shijiahe jade carvings with ancestral masks depicted frontally, see an example in the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, ibid., p. 7; and a celadon jade example from the Yangdetang Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Chinese Archaic Jades from The Yangdetang Collection, 29 November 2017, lot 2722 (fig. 2). Compare also with a small group of cylindrical or tubular jade carvings with figural masks carved in relief, with simple headdress and without earrings, such as an example in the Tianmen Museum, Hubei, ibid., p. 37; and a yellow jade example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The Chang Wei-Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades, Part 1 - Neolithic Period, 27 November 2019, lot 2752 (fig. 3).
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