Objekt, tre stycken, nefrit. Arkaiserande.
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En större ring med öppning, diameter 15 cm. Två stiliserade figurer, s.k. pig dragons, längd 12-13 cm.
Sprickor, slitage. Naturliga inneslutningar och skiftningar i stenen.
Proveniens
Bukowskis Important Winter sale 645 lot 905.
From the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm. He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection. The collection is a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art.
Övrig information
Pig dragon ornaments are so named because of their porcine flat snubbed snouts, small ears and coiled dragon bodies.
They are on of the most disictive types of jade ornaments from the Hongshan culture. If from the period they are from 3500 BC.