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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 longest: 2¡ in. (6.1 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 1992

西漢 玉蟬四件

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1992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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A GLASS CICADA
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The glass is carved to the top with crisp grooves to delineate the head,
pronounced eyes and wings.
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2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) long, box

HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500

P R O V E N AN C E
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990
A similar glass cicada wrapped in silver foil was discovered from a Han dynasty
tomb in Hanjiang, Yangzhou city, illustrated in Jade Wares of Guangling in
Han Dynasty, Beijing, 2003, pl. 138. There are two other similar glass cicadas
in the Aurora Museum Collection, illustrated in Jades of Han Dynasty, Taipei,
2005, pl. 214.

西漢 玻璃蟬

來源
養德堂舊藏，1990年購於台北

江蘇揚州市邗江西湖胡場6號漢墓出土一件紋飾相似的白色玻璃蟬，上有
包銀箔痕跡，著錄於《漢廣陵國玉器》，文物出版社，2003，圖138。震旦藝術
博物館另藏兩件相似的玻璃蟬，著錄於《漢代玉器》，震旦藝術博物館，2005，
圖版214號。 2768

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