Sale 205 Lot 104

CHINESE GREEN CALCIFIED HONGSHAN CULTURE HUMANOID FIGURE. Light green calcified jade of a humanoid figure, "Ba Jian" with an animal-like head seated in an upright position. Has a horizontal perforation through the neck and another perforation on the base. Hongshan culture. Height: 12.3 cm, 4 8/16 inches (box). Reference: National Palace Museum Beijing and Ostasiatiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Note: The Hongshan culture was a Neolithic culture in the West Liao River basin in northeast China. Hongshan sites have been found in an area stretching from Inner Mongolia to Liaoning, and dated from about 4700 to 2900 BC. Lot is presented in a fitted box.

NOTE: A copy of the consignor's purchase receipt will be provided upon request.
Estimate $400-600

PROVENANCE: Acquired in the early 1990s from Frank H. Crane's "The Hundred Antiques" store (Stirling, Ontario, Canada). Mr. Crane was a frequent visitor to Hong Kong where he acquired Archaic jades mainly from Mr. Lai Loy's well known and prominent shop near the Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road. Mr. Lai (Chinese, 1926-2012) was the descendent of antique dealers from Guangzhou, China. In 2005, stones from the collection were verbally authenticated by Dr. Sarah Milledge Nelson (American, 1931 - 2020), a noted archaeologist and Distinguished Professor Emerita from the Department of Anthropology, University of Denver.