Shang/Western Zhou or later Carved in the round with a semi-recumbent tiger seated on its tucked legs with large open-mouthed head with large ears, the haunches neatly delineated with simple ridged scrolls, a tail curling upwards, the spine with v-shaped hatching which continues in stripes down the body. 3 1/8in (7.8cm) long,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:商/西周或更晚 綠松石虎形珮Literature: Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades, From Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, p. 54, no. 48出版：羅伯特·楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器 新石器時代至清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版48，頁54For a jade tiger carved in the round and recovered from a Shang dynasty tomb, see Yinxu fu Hao mu (The Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu in Anyang), 1980, reprint Beijing: Wenwu, 1984, p. 157, fig. 82, no. 6 (409), and pl. CXXXV, no. 2 (409).For a jade tiger pendant dated to the mid Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BCE), see Liu Yang, Translucent World, Chinese Jade from the Forbidden City, Sydney, 2000, pp. 70-71, no. 22, where the author notes that the tiger was much favored over other animals and was represented (in jade) as early as the Shang dynasty and that most were depicted in a crouching pose. Eight examples were excavated from the Fuhao tomb at Anyang, Henan. However, by the Eastern Zhou period (770-256 BCE), production reached its pinnacle and waned from then on until revived during the Liao (907-1125 CE) and Jin (1115-1234 CE) periods.See also Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, 1995, London, British Museum, p. 214, no. 12:8, for a more thinly cut jade tiger pendant.