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A SUPERBLY CARVED AND
EXTREMELY RARE WHITE AND
RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A BEAR
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY

exquisitely worked in the round as a crouching
bear, the animal portrayed with an alert gaze
above a well-pronounced snout, the head flanked
by a pair of ears formed with S-shaped ridges
extending along the beast’s jaws and detailed
with fine incisions repeated along the legs and tail
simulating fur, the muscular body further skilfully
rendered with a well-defined outline and depicted
with curved claws and firm paws, the translucent
and lustrous stone of a warm pale green colour
accentuated with attractive russet skin
7.3 cm, 2⅞ in.
HK$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
US$ 645,000-905,000
西漢 白玉熊

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