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BOUTEROLLE DE FOURREAU D’ÉPÉE EN JADE ARCHAÏQUE
Dynastie Han (206 av. J.-C. - 220 ap. J.-C.)
AN ARCHAIC JADE SWORD CHAPE
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Of trapezoidal form, with central circular aperture to the underside and
flattened top, carved in low relief to each side with panels enclosing
scrolling linear designs, the softly polished mottled creamy brown
stone with some green flecking.
5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide.
€800 - 1,200

Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)

A related jade sword chape, Han dynasty, is illustrated by T.Fok, The
Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, Hong Kong,
2011, pl.67; and was later sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 May
2017, lot 46.

漢 玉劍璏
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1935年前入藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏

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JADE CALCIFIÉ EN FORME DE COCHON
Dynastie Han (206 av. J.-C. - 220 ap. J.-C.)
A CALCIFIED JADE CARVING OF A PIG
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
The creamy calcified recumbent jade pig of elongated form, the ears
tucked back, the face with prominent snout and incised furrowed
brow, the eyes outlined with red pigment; together with an archaistic
jade bangle, late Qing dynasty/Republic period (1800-1949), of
mottled greyish-green hue, carved with five taotie masks within
key-fret borders.
The pig 11.5cm (4 1/2in) long; the bangle 8.5cm (3 3/8in) diam. (2).

€800 - 1,200

Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired before 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
It was believed that jade pigs were placed for protection of the dead.
This practice is connected with the Daoist belief, as stated in the 4th
century text Baopuzi by Ge Hong, ‘when gold and jade plug the nine
orifices, man dies but his body does not decay’. Pairs of jade pigs
were placed in the hands of the deceased. Funerary jade pigs from this
period are often carved with a few deep calculated cuts, known as the
‘Eight Cuts of Han’. Compare similarly carved jade pigs, Han dynasty,
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
Jade 4, Beijing, 2011, p.130, nos.152-153.
漢 玉豬 及清/民國 玉鐲 一組兩件
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1935年前入藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏 207

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