Page 231 - 2020 October 8 HK Fine Classical Paintings

114 115

PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION 宋 青白玉臥羊 PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION 唐至五代 松綠石舍利函
A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A RAM A TURQUOISE RECTANGULAR SARIRA BOX AND
SONG DYNASTY 展覽： COVER 出版：
葉義，《中國玉雕》，香港藝術館，香港，1983年， TANG – FIVE DYNASTIES 姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉續》，北京，2012年，頁
the pebble worked to depict a recumbent ram with his head 編號139 113
turned sharply to his left towards his broad heart-shaped tail, of trapezoidal form, the cover and sides of the box carved with
the legs and hoof well carved in high relief, the celadon stone 《中國肖生玉雕》，香港藝術館，香港，1996年，編 a corresponding pattern of concentric diamonds, the sides
with russet patches 號92 further embellished with blue semi-precious stones, all resting
5.3 cm, 2⅛ in. on a constricted foot along the lower edge
出版：
EXHIBITED 姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006年，頁153 7.9 cm, 3⅛ in.
Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carvings, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 下 LITERATURE
Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 139. Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from Hei-Chi Collection II,
Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, Beijing, 2012, p. 113.
1996, cat. no. 92.
HK$ 80,000-100,000
LITERATURE
US$ 10,400-12,900
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection,
Beijing, 2006, p. 153 bottom.

HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,400-25,800
This finely carved and polished figure is an excellent example
of the Song carver’s ability to observe and sensitively render
the innate nature of their subject. For examples of ram figures
lying recumbent with their heads turned inward, see one sold in
these rooms, 20th November 1984, lot 540; another, from the
Katchen collection, sold in our London rooms, 14th December
1971, lot 46; and a third example from the Shuisongshi
Shanfang collection, included in the exhibition Exquisite Jade
Carving, The University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong,
1996, cat. no. 81.