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TWO JADE CICADAS
QIN DYNASTY (221-206 BC)
Both are carved to the top with crisp grooves to delineate the head,
pronounced eyes and wings. The underside of the larger cicada is incised
with fine markings in representation of the legs; the other undecorated.
1—/”ÿ in. (4 cm.) and 1¡ in. (3.5 cm.) long, boxes (2)

HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
P R O V E N AN C E
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
Compare to a jade cicada of with similar markings, dating to the Qin
2765 dynasty, found in a tomb in Beichitou village in Xi’an, illustrated in
Zhongguo yuqi quanji, vol. 4, Shijiazhuang, 1993, pl. 12.

秦代 玉蟬兩件

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1991年購於台北

西安市南郊北池頭村墓葬出土一件造型及紋飾相似的秦代玉蟬，著錄
於《中國玉器全集 -4- 秦漢—南北朝》，石家莊，1993年，圖12。

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FOUR JADE CICADAS
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Each is carved to the top with crisp grooves to delineate the head,
pronounced eyes and wings.
The largest: 2Ω in. (6.5 cm.) long, boxes (4)

HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000
P R O V E N AN C E
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

西漢 玉蟬四件

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1991年購於台北

江蘇揚州市邗江甘泉姚莊102號墓出土一件紋飾相似的白玉蟬，見古方著
《中國古玉器圖典》，文物出版社，2007年，頁266。

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