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A RARE JADE BIXIE

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The mythical beast is shown crouched low in an attacking stance
standing on four sharply clawed feet. Its head is slightly turned
to one side as it bares its ferocious teeth and bulging eyes, further
detailed to the body with fine incisions and a bifurcated tail.
3 ¿ in. (8.2 cm.) wide, wood box
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-160,000
PROVENANCE
Ku Ngar Antique Ltd., Hong Kong
E Yuan Tang Chinese Art, Taipei, acquired in 1992
A closely related carved jade bixie, also dated to the Han dynasty in the
Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 240,
no. 201. Though slightly longer in size (10.9 cm.), it is notable that both
beasts are carved naturalistically with an alert posture and ferocious
features. Compare also to another bixie dated to the Western Han fig.1 Collection of the Xianyang Museum
dynasty in the collection of the Xianyang Museum in Shaanxi province, 圖一 咸陽博物館藏品
illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-qin han, vol. 4, Shijiazhuang, 1993, p.
109, no. 148 (fig. 1).

漢 玉辟邪

來源
古雅閣，香港
一言堂，台北，購於1992年
參見北京故宮博物院所藏一件玉辟邪，其身雖略長（10.9 公分），但與
是件拍品均呈以神態警惕、凶猛威武之姿，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品
全集：玉器（上）》，香港，1995 年，頁 240，圖版 201 號。此外，還
可參見一藏於陜西咸陽博物館之西漢玉辟邪，其刊載於《中國玉器全集
— 秦漢》，卷 4，石家莊，1993 年，頁 109，148 號（圖一）。

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