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AN OUTSTANDING AND 西漢 青白玉立象
EXTREMELY RARE CELADON JADE
FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT 來源：
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY 熙墀收藏
skilfully worked in the round as an Asian 出版：
elephant standing foursquare on its short legs 姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006
with its long trunk curled to its left and its tail 年，頁116
swished to its right, the animal depicted with
characteristic dorsal bumps flanked by floppy
ears, the corpulent body rendered gravitating
towards the ground and delicately detailed with
incisions to depict folds of wrinkles, the lustrous
pale celadon-tinged white stone with calcified
buff areas
8.4 cm, 3¼ in.
PROVENANCE
The Hei-Chi Collection.
LITERATURE
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi
Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 116.
HK$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
US$ 645,000-905,000
28 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
