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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

3201

AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE CELADON JADE

RAM-FORM WATER POT

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC – 9 AD)

The vessel is carved in the round as a recumbent mature ram with
its right foreleg raised and the others tucked under. It has full-curl
horns and pricked ears, with its gaze fixed forward. It is carved
with two lug handles, one at the back of its head, and the other on
the spine above its rear haunch. The body is well hollowed with a
circular opening on its back. It is decorated with fine incisions along
its neckline and the contour of its legs. The soft polished stone is
of a pale green tone with areas of darker and russet inclusions and
calcification.
4 ¡ in. (11 cm.) wide, box

HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000

PROVENANCE

Huang Jun (1878-1951), Zunguzhai, Beijing, circa 1935
Emeterio Ruis, Geneva, acquired before 1960

LITERATURE

Huang Jun, Guyu tulu chuji, 1935, juan 4, p. 7 (fig. 1)

西漢 青玉羊形水丞

來源
黃浚（1878-1951），尊古齋，北京，1935 年前後
Emeterio Ruis，日內瓦，1960 年前購得

著錄
黃浚，《古玉圖錄初集》，卷四，北京，1935 年，7 頁（圖一）

fig. 1 image transposed
圖一 此圖像經左右翻轉

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