A BLACK AND WHITE JADE ‘ARCHAISTIC’ AXE-FORM OPENWORK PENDANT, 18TH CENTURY China. Finely carved in the form of an axe-form bell detailed with a band of archaistic dragons below neatly incised ruyi heads forming a beast head, all surmounted by a bi disk and a pair of confronting chilong. The translucent stone of an attractive white tone with veins and patches of black.

Provenance: From a notable English private collector of Chinese jades.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, microscopic nibbling, the stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks over time.

Weight: 85.2 g
Dimensions: Height 12.2 cm

With a fitted silk box. (2)

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related white jade pendant, also in the form of an axe-form bell, of considerably smaller size and dated to the 18^th/19^th century, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 8 October 2013, lot 3329, sold for HKD 225,000.

十八世紀仿古黑白玉鏤空雕斧式佩
中國。鏤空雕刻斧形玉佩，龍紋與如意紋，斧頂一個玉璧和一對面對面的螭龍。 半透明的玉石，具有迷人的白色間帶有黑色的紋理和斑點。

來源：英國知名中國玉器私人收藏
品相：狀況極佳，有輕微磨損，細微的磕損，帶有天然裂紋的玉石，隨著時間的流逝，其中一些可能會發展成細小的裂縫。

重量：85.2 克
尺寸：高12.2 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相近鐘形白玉佩，尺寸稍小，十八至十九世紀，見香港蘇富比 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art拍場2013年10月8日 lot 3329, 售價HKD 225,000。