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THREE JADE FIGURAL PLAQUES 秦 玉人三件
QIN DYNASTY (221-206 BC)
The group comprises a male figural plaque distinguished by a topknot 來源
on the head and incised facial features including a moustache and 藍田山房舊藏，1992年購於台北
beard, his belt rendered in incised crisscross lines; the other two
female figural plaques charactertised by hairless rounded heads, simple 此組由一件男性玉人及兩件女性玉人組成。男性玉人頭頂一側有髮
incised facial features and a horizontal line representing the belt. 髻，帶穿孔，面部單線陰刻眉、眼、鼻、口、髭、鬚，腰部陰刻菱格紋
表示腰帶；女性玉人頭頂無髮髻，五官以單線陰刻，腰間只以一道
The tallest: 3º in. (8.2 cm.) high, boxes (3) 橫線表示，形象較為簡單。
西安聯志村一座玉器坑中出土兩件風格非常相似、同樣斷代秦代的
HK$50,000-80,000 US$6,500-10,000 玉人（圖一），男性玉人具髮髻、面刻鬍鬚、身刻菱格紋腰帶；女性
玉人圓頭無髮，腰間一道橫線，造型及刻法與本拍品如出一轍，顯
P R O V E N AN C E 示製作年代可能非常接近。該對玉人現藏西安博物院，2016年展覽
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1992 於國立故宮博物院，《秦業流風：秦文化特展》，台北，2016年，圖錄
圖版75號。聯志村玉器坑同時出土另一對玉人、玉璧、玉琮、玉圭、玉
Two very similar jade plaques, also with the male figure represented 璋、玉琥、玉 等，種類齊全，很大可能是祭祀用玉。
by a topknot, moustache and beard, and female figure represented
by a hairless rounded head, were unearthed at a jade pit at Lianzhi
Village in Xi’an, in which a variety of other jade pieces were found
together, suggesting their ceremonial function. Dating to the Qin
dynasty, these two plaques share strikingly similar style and details
with our current lot, suggesting a similar date. They are now in the
collection of the Xi’an Museum, included in the National Palace
Museum exhibition Reverberations of Qin Heritage: Qin Culture
Exhibition, Taipei, 2016, catalogue pl. 75 (fig. 1).

fig. 1
圖一

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