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A PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF 宋 青白玉臥犬
A RECUMBENT DOG
SONG DYNASTY 來源：
熙墀收藏
worked as a recumbent dog with the head
turned towards its left and resting on its foreleg, 展覽：
depicted with one paw gently placed atop the 葉義，《中國玉雕》，香港藝術館，香港，
other, the slender body skilfully rendered with 1983年，編號135
sharply defined ribs flanking its long spinal 《中國肖生玉雕》，香港藝術館，香港，
column, terminating in a long tail curled against 1996年，編號99
its hing leg, the stone of a pale greyish-celadon
colour highlighted with light brown veins 出版：
5.9 cm, 2⅜ in. 姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006
年，頁152下
PROVENANCE
青白玉質，雕臥犬。犬身體盤曲，前肢交疊，
The Hei-Chi Collection. 下顎枕於左腿，作回首狀。眼睛鑽孔，線刻
嘴，背上凸脊，尾巴盤於左腿。
EXHIBITED
此器造型逼真，雕琢細緻，具時代特色。
Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong
Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 135. 更多關於宋代臥犬之討論，請參見本場拍品
Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 編號3334。
Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 99.

LITERATURE

Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi
Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 152 bottom.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,500-90,500

For further discussion on Song dynasty jade
dogs, see the note to lot 3334.

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