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A FINE JADE CARVING OF A RECUMBENT DOG
Song Dynasty
Well modelled with a long slender body, the head turned backward
resting on its front legs, carved with flared floppy ears, the well defined
ribs flanking the pronounced backbone detailed with ridges terminating
in a long tail curling up its hind leg, the smoothly polished stone of
warm yellowish-grey colour with attractive russet shades.
7.5cm (3in) long

HK$150,000 - 200,000
US$19,000 - 26,000

Provenance:
Acquired in Hong Kong in 2009
The Songzhutang collection, no.78

Published and Illustrated:
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade,
Hong Kong, 2011, pl.78

宋 玉臥犬

來源：
2009年購於香港
松竹堂收藏，編號78

出版及著錄：
霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版78

Recumbent jade dog carvings started to gain popularity during the 灰青玉質，沁赫斑，溫潤古雅。圓雕一臥犬，犬身捲曲，回首，雙耳
Song dynasty, usually carved with a slender and emaciated body 耷拉，枕前肢作趴伏狀。犬背脊突出，肋骨明顯，骨瘦嶙峋，尾巴捲
shape, displaying a pronounced rib-cage and spine, as exquisitely 曲繞於身後，有較為明顯的時代特徵。整體造型自然優美，雕刻流
demonstrated in the present lot. 暢，小巧可人，實屬不可多得之佳作。宋代玉器中動物造型作品開始
增多，常見的有獅、鹿、犬等，此類玉犬在宋代時較為流行。Jessica
The motif of a hound is usually associated with fidelity, high rank and Rawson在《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》一書對一件
status in Chinese culture. Early representations of jade dogs were 宋代玉犬的論述中曾提出該玉犬有可能是一種對於狩獵能力和地位的
probably linked to the identity and aspirations of particular individuals: 炫耀，見頁366，圖版26:10。
for example, jade hounds may have been worn by hunters; see
J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, 香港藝術館曾於1996年《中國肖生玉雕》展覽中展出一件宋代灰白玉
p.366, pl.26:10. 犬，其靈活生動的雕刻風格與此獸可資比較，見圖錄編號99。另外參
考一件宋/明代青玉拖皮雕臥犬，售於香港蘇富比，2010年10月8日，
Compare the carving style of the present lot to a greyish-white jade 拍品編號2797。
dog, Song dynasty, included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art
exhibition Chinese Jade Animals, 1996, no.99. See also a related
example of a jade recumbent hound, Song/Yuan dynasty, which sold
at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2010, lot 2797.

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