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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE
SONG DYNASTY OR EARLIER
worked in the round as a figure standing on his left leg with the right tucked behind and hands clasped together before him, the
shoulder surmounted with a rudimentary outline of a bird, the figure portrayed dressed in a long robe with a belt secured around his
waist, the stone of a pale celadon colour with russet patches
宋或更早 黃玉人
6.2 cm, 2⅜ in.
HK$ 350,000-450,000
US$ 44,700-57,500

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Jon Edwards. Jon Edwards 收藏
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd, New York. Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd.，紐約
LITERATURE 出版
A Private Collection of Early Chinese Jade Carvings, 《A Private Collection of Early Chinese Jade
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd, New York, 1994, no. 2. Carvings》，Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd，紐
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection 約，1994年，編號2
of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 羅伯特．楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器．新石器時代至
2008, pl. 170. 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版170

A Song jade figure of dancing boys with lotus is illustrated in Exquisite Jade Carving: Figures, Animals, Ornaments, University
Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. nos 10 and 14. For an example attributed to the Tang
dynasty, see the closely related figure illustrated in Wu Hung and Brian Morgan, Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection,
Bluett & Sons, London, 1990, cat. no. 39.

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