A PALE GREEN JADE 'TIGER' CARVINGLate Shang DynastyThe thick plaque carved in the form of a recumbent tiger with the features of the face and limbs delineated in grooved details, the pale green stone with areas of opaque buff inclusions.4.3cm (1 3/4in) longProvenance: 商晚期 虎形玉飾Provenance:An Asian private collection來源:亞洲私人收藏Small animal-shaped carvings form one of the main categories of the Shang and early Western Zhou dynasty jades. A higher level of carving and artistic skills were developed during the late Shang period such as relief carving, round carving and double-line incision, as demonstrated in the present lot.See a very similar example of a jade ox from the Songzhutang Collection, sold in these rooms, 30 May 2017, lot 19.pare also a greyish-white jade ox-shaped ornament of similar form, Shang dynasty, illustrated inCompendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 2, Beijing, 2011, p.113, pl.94. See also a jade ox, late Shang dynasty, illustrated by Cai Qingliang,Jades of Shang Dynasty, Aurora Art Museum, Taipei, 2010, p.225, pl.181.此虎玉質青黃色。虎作曲頸俯臥狀，紋飾運用雙鈎起陽線雕琢技法，十分傳神。商代動物玉珮飾在玉器中佔的比例較大，數量及品種繁多，動物形象異常豐富，造型生動。到了商代晚期，玉雕工藝得到了蓬勃發展，玉工已能巧妙運用陰刻、浮雕、圓雕等技巧。松竹堂舊藏一件商晚期牛形玉飾與本拍品相類，見香港邦瀚斯，2017年5月30日，拍品19。北京故宮博物院藏一件商代牛形玉飾，其形制亦與本拍品可資比較，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編2》，北京，2011年，頁113，圖版94。再參考一例，著錄於蔡慶良，《商代玉器》，台北震旦藝術博物館，2010年，頁255，圖版181。