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49 See also a similar jade standing figure of Wengzhong, Eastern Han
TWO JADE FIGURES OF A MAN dynasty, illustrated in Shanghai Museum: Ancient Chinese Jade
Han Dynasty Gallery, Shanghai, p.30. Compare two further examples of small
Each slender standing figure wearing a long-sleeved robe with the figures, Han dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in
arms held together before the chest, simplistically carved with distinct the Palace Museum: Jade 4 Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern
facial features, the sides gently bevelled to subtly render the shape of Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, p.142, pls.177 and 178.
the body, the stone of pale green tone.
5.7cm (2 1/4in) and 2.5cm (1in) high (2). 漢 玉俑兩件

HK$20,000 - 30,000 來源：
US$2,600 - 3,900 香港著名收藏家及「求知雅集」會員張鈴先生舊藏，1982 年（小玉俑）
香港著名收藏家張嘉琳舊藏，1987年（大玉俑）
Provenance: 松竹堂收藏，編號70及71
The shorter: Zhang Ling, member of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese
Art, Hong Kong, 1982 出版及著錄：
The taller: Kalam Cheung, Hong Kong, 1987 霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版70
The Songzhutang collection, nos.70 and 71 及71

Published and Illustrated: 兩件玉俑玉質青色，一大一小。兩件以簡潔流暢的寥寥數刀琢出玉俑
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, 造型，生動刻劃出眉、目、鼻、口。小玉人頭戴官帽，身穿官服，雙
Hong Kong, 2011, pls.70 and 71 手拱合而立，五官清晰，面露笑容，神態自若。大玉人面部細節和其
身的穿漢服以精準的陰線表現出來，人物拱手直立，長袍曳地，應為
The essence of the two figures in the present lot is brilliantly 「翁仲」形象，漢人認為佩掛此物有驅邪的功效。南京博物院藏一件
rendered with simple yet lively carving technique, demonstrating the 東漢翁仲形玉珮可資參考，出土於江蘇省揚州市邗江甘泉雙山廣陵王
unprecedentedly high level of craftsmanship achieved during the Han 劉荊墓，見古方編，《中國古玉器圖典》，北京，2007年，頁250。
dynasty. The larger figure is believed to depict the mythical figure of 上海博物館亦藏一件東漢翁仲玉人像與本器類似，參考《上海博物
Wengzhong, who was considered to possess the power of warding off 館：中國古代玉器館》，上海，頁30。另參見北京故宮博物院藏兩件
evil spirits. See a comparable example of a jade figure of Wengzhong, 漢代小玉人，著錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編4：漢魏晉南北
Eastern Han dynasty, excavated from a tomb believed to be of Liu 朝》，北京，2011年，頁142，圖版177及178。
Jing, the Prince of Guangling in Hanjiang, Jiangsu Province, illustrated
by Gufang, The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing,
2007, p.250.

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