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A JADE CONG 商 玉琮 PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION 東漢 水晶臥豬
SHANG DYNASTY A ROCK-CRYSTAL FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT
來源： 出版：
the thin-walled cong of flattened cylindrical square section, 1993年1月7日得於香港 BOAR 姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006年，頁130
each of the four corners carved with three registers of two EASTERN HAN DYNASTY
raised bars, the brown stone suffused with black inclusions depicted with the head resting between the front paws, the
d. 7.6 cm, 3 in.
elongated snout with a flat end picked out with two nostrils, the
body of the beast incised with short lines to simulate fur
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 7th January 1993. 7.7 cm, 3 in.
LITERATURE
HK$ 150,000-200,000 Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection,
US$ 19,400-25,800 Beijing, 2006, p. 130.

In terms of form and decoration, this present jade is closely
related to the cong from the Taosi culture; see one example HK$ 240,000-300,000
excavated from Xiangfen, Shanxi, illustrated in The Complete US$ 31,000-38,700
Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 3: Shanxi, Beijing,
2005, pl. 25. Similar ridges can be found on circular jade tubes
excavated from the tomb of Fu Hao, consort of the Shang king
Wu Ding (1324-1265 BC); see Queen Mother and General: 40th Carved in the round from rock-crystal, the recumbent boar is 漢代水晶動物並不多見，此圓雕野豬，線條簡練，目
Anniversary of Excavating the Shang Tomb of Fu Hao: Jade well articulated with triangular eyes, a long snout and a coat 呈三角，長吻略皺，身披短毛，剔透可人，他例無
Article, Beijing, 2016, pp. 106-108. For a cong from the late of short fur picked out with finely incised striations. Compare 尋，然可比較造型較簡約或材質相異者，如淘石齋藏
Liangzhu culture, see lot 52. two pairs of rock-crystal pigs, carved in a slightly less refined 水晶豬握兩對，雕刻明快，卻稍形簡略，細節欠奉，
style, included in the exhibition Sparkling Splendours. The Art
of Ancient Chinese Carvings on Rock Crystal and Agate. The 收錄在《絢麗晶瑩：淘石齋所藏中國古代水晶瑪瑙
Taoshi Zhai Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of 器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2000年，編號215-
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2000, cat. nos 215-216. Similar animal 216。另可參考紐約大都會藝術博物館藏漢代石雕臥
figures were also made in other materials during the Han 豬，尺寸稍大，同飾長吻，編號1994.605.113。山東臨
dynasty. For example, see a slightly larger stone recumbent
pig with a long snout in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 沂市吳白莊東漢墓發掘得一件精緻的水晶臥獸，三角
York, no. 1994.605.113. A small Eastern Han recumbent beast 形眼、橢圓大鼻，該墓另出土一相類石獸，同以平行
with triangular eyes and a big rounded nose, together with a 短線刻劃毛髮，兩者均為臨沂市博物館所藏，見《中
closely related stone animal figure decorated with striations 國地域文化大系．齊魯文化》，上海，1998年，圖版
similar to those on the present lot, was excavated from 260。
Wubaizhuang, Linyi, Shandong, and preserved in the collection
of Linyi Museum (Regional Culture in China: Qilu Culture,
Shanghai, 1998, pl. 260).

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