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A JADE ‘TWIN FISH’ PENDANT 金 玉年年有餘珮 PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION 東漢 青白玉八刀蟬
JIN DYNASTY A CELADON JADE CICADA
worked as a pair of fish, each rendered with prominent lips and EASTERN HAN DYNASTY
accentuated with fine incisions, especially to the scaly bodies, skilfully modelled in the form of a stylised cicada, decorated
fins and tails, pierced through vertically with an aperture on both sides with incised details, the stone of a variegated
10.2 cm, 4 in.
yellowish celadon colour with natural veining and occasional
calcified areas
HK$ 300,000-400,000 7 cm, 2¾ in.
US$ 38,700-52,000
HK$ 80,000-100,000
US$ 10,400-12,900

Sharply incised with concise strokes on both sides and 自古以來，因蟬可脫殼重生，成為永生不朽的象徵。
modelled with elongated wings, this lustrous jade carving is 此玉蟬溫潤晶瑩，形態纖長，線條俐落，盡展「漢八
arguably one of the best examples of cicadas executed in the 刀」之精湛，拔萃出眾，傳世例中極為罕見。同類
‘Han splitting’ style.
玉蟬，倫敦大英博物館藏有一對，可資比較，但其
Cicada’s unusual long life cycle as an insect has made it a 玉質、雕工略遜，圖見羅森，《Chinese Jade: From the
popular subject in ancient Chinese jades, symbolising rebirth
and immortality. A pair of jade cicadas of this type is in the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，頁319，編號
collection of British Museum, illustrated by Jessica Rawson, 24:8。
Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995,
p. 319, no. 24:8.