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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 宋 青白玉臥犬
FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT DOG
SONG DYNASTY 展覽：
《金木水火土：香港文物收藏精品展》，香港
with one outstretched paw gently placed atop 藝術館，香港，2002年
another and resting its head on its foreleg,
the body rendered with ridged ribs flanking a 青白玉質，帶褐色沁斑。犬前肢伏於地，後
prominently defined backbone terminating in 腿半蹲，回首，眼圓睜，大耳半起，身長瘦
a long curled tail, the pebble of a pale celadon 腰，背部刻肋骨，前肢交疊，長尾翻捲，一副
colour with extensive variegated russet areas 機靈模樣。
8 cm, 3⅛ in.

EXHIBITED 此犬雕琢精細，工藝嫻熟，造型寫實生動，刻
畫細膩，神形兼備。
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth: Gems of
Antiquities Collections in Hong Kong, Hong Kong 如此玉琢之臥犬，始見於有唐一朝，唐例可參
Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2002. 考熙墀所藏，載於《中國肖生玉雕》，香港藝
術館，香港，1996年，編號68。如此件姿態
HK$ 500,000-700,000 閑靜肖生之玉，栩栩如生，宋至清初盛行，或
為鎮紙、或為清玩，極具意趣。
US$ 64,500-90,500
何鴻卿爵士有藏一例，斷代為宋，收錄於香
Jade carvings of hound-like dogs in a resting 港市政局與敏求精舍聯合主辦《中國玉雕》
pose can be found from as early as the Tang ，香港，1983年，編號134，以及 Jessica
dynasty, such as the carved figure from the Hei- Rawson，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic
Chi Collection included in the exhibition Chinese to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版26:10，
Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 68. The 作者在書中指，古人或佩戴玉犬，以炫其狩獵
present piece belongs to a group of distinctive 之技，頁367。知柔齋舊藏也有一白玉例，也
jade animals delicately carved in naturalistic 斷代為宋，並展於《玲瓏玉雕－玉人、玉獸、
poses, popular from the Song dynasty to the early 玉飾》，前述出處，編號85，後售於香港蘇
Qing dynasty. They were used as paperweights, 富比2008年10月8日，編號2312。另見一明
but it is likely that such high-quality, sensitively 朝玉臥犬，原屬沐文堂藏，近售於香港蘇富比
rendered sculptures were kept as ‘playthings’ for 2016年12月1日，編號40。
scholars or wealthy patrons.
專場中另有宋代玉犬可資對比，見拍品編號
A crouching jade dog from the collection of Sir 3322。
Joseph Hotung, attributed to the Song dynasty, is
illustrated in Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Urban
Council of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Museum
of Art, Hong Kong, 1983, no. 134, and again in
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic
to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 26:10, where the
author notes that ‘hounds in jade may have been
worn by those who wished to be known for their
prowess in hunting’ (p. 367). Compare also a
white jade carving of a dog from the Zhirouzhai
Collection, attributed to the Song dynasty,
included in the exhibition Exquisite Jade Carving,
Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, 1996, cat. no. 85, and sold in these rooms,
8th October 2008, lot 2312; one other from the
Song dynasty, offered in this sale, lot 3322; and
a Ming russet jade dog from the Muwen Tang
Collection, recently sold in these rooms, 1st
December 2016, lot 40.

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