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TWO EXTREMELY RARE CALCIFIED 西漢 玉人一對
CELADON JADE FIGURES OF
STANDING LADIES 來源：
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY 熙墀收藏

each finely rendered as a standing lady with 出版：
elbows bent and hands held before the waist, 姜濤及劉雲輝編，《熙墀藏玉續》，北
portrayed dressed in a long robe flaring near the 京，2012年，頁70及71
hem, one rendered with the left hand concealed
in the right sleeve and the right hand resting
on the left sleeve, depicted with her hair neatly
tied into a knot secured by a hairpin with a short
curling end falling behind the head, the other
with the left hand held before the chest and the
right placed on the left sleeve, further depicted
with hair arranged into a coiled bun above a
pony-tail, the stone of a mottled white colour with
variegated brown calcification
10 and 10.7 cm, 3⅞ and 4⅛ in.

PROVENANCE
The Hei-Chi Collection.

LITERATURE

Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, eds, Jades from Hei-Chi
Collection II, Beijing, 2012, pp. 70-71.

HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
US$ 129,000-194,000

76 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比