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fig. 1 fig. 2
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2706 Continued

It is very rare to find a carving of a pig-dragon in the current size. For other ᫉㎥䂆ἃ㬪ℱ㐏卿ഌ㬷♥Ⴁ⎊ࢇǯ䁉ड़ӴᙹսⓃݰ࠘߅㲛ཫ卿ֿ㲛ཫխ
examples of pig-dragons carved in a similar style with a single aperture, ⏟㙄ǯ㘆㯝⽔ᝳӬ⥿ເǯՆ໶սⓃݰ㫌↱⩧Ꮀǯᙃ㵲१→߅Ӭ⛁⪆Ǯഌ
compare with a dark green jade example (16.6 cm. high) unearthed from ␓Ǯ㨫૤Ǯ㵲ጔ஋࣡⎏㬦℡ǯ㰍ᡟ⯝᫉㯸ַ⎏ℱ㎥䂆जࣻ⩠ݤⷡऒႣ៣
Yangcheng, Bairin Right Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, now
in the Bairin Right Banner Museum (fig. 1), illustrated ibid., p. 105, no. 9; a ठᚐ⧷ౚ㛮㯫‰ᡜࡸ⼖㚃ந߅கӬ։卻 ݩߎ卼卿→⻦Ⴃ៣ठᚐࢷ⁒
celadon one (15 cm. high) in the Liaoning Provincial Institute of Archaeology 㱦卻ॲː卼厎 ჺᙻᅤჹ༛ྒྷ㛮ᆌ◙ᄕᇨ㫀Ӭ։卻 ݩߎ卼卿→⻦㚅
and Cultural Relics, illustrated in Hongshan wenhua yuqi jianshang, Beijing, ༱⏥ᙔ⁒⩠ऒⒺ♾Ꮢ卻ॲ̤卼厎᪹ࣿ㫡֖ܿ⯠⻦Ӭ։ 㵶 ݩߎ 卿
2014, p. 94, no. 1 (fig. 2); and a third example (13 cm. high) from the ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
Irving Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1180.

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