PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION 熙墀收藏
AN AGATE 'PHOENIX' RING, HUAN EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD | 東周春秋時期 瑪瑙鳳紋環
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October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
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80,000 - 100,000 HKD
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Property from the Hei-Chi Collection
AN AGATE 'PHOENIX' RING, HUAN
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD
熙墀收藏
東周春秋時期 瑪瑙鳳紋環
similarly decorated on both sides with a central raised frieze incised with eight groups of stylised scrollwork alternating with cross-hatch lines, encircled by a bevelled outer ring with eight pairs of phoenix
7.2 cm, 2 ¾ in.
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, pp. 84-85.
姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006年，頁84-85
A larger agate ring (d. 10.4 cm), incised with C-shaped scrollwork, occasionally interspersed by hatching, was included in the exhibition Sparkling Splendours. The Art of Ancient Chinese Carvings on Rock Crystal and Agate. The Taoshi Zhai Collection, The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2000, cat. no. 102. Similar rings made of rock crystal, agate or chalcedony, oftentimes undecorated, were used as the top components in the configuration of ritual ornaments in the Eastern Zhou dynasty; see The Ancient Qufu City of the Kingdom of Lu, Jinan, 1982, pl. 118:3.
參考一尺寸較大之瑪瑙環，陰刻勾雲，間飾斜格網紋，收錄在展覽《絢麗晶瑩：淘石齋所藏中國古代水晶瑪瑙器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2000年，編號102。東周年間，此類水晶、瑪瑙環，應在組珮中置頂，見《曲阜魯國故城》，濟南，1982年，圖版118:3。